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TIL Yang (Lenovo’s CEO) received a $3 million bonus as a reward for record profits, which he in-turn redistributed to about 10,000 of Lenovo’s employees. He did same thing again in 2013.

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9J1B TIL that during the Iraq war in 2003, the U.S. Military planned to attach chickens atop Hum-Vees in order to detect chemical weapons. The project was named, Operation Kuwaiti Field Chicken (KFC). However, the project failed when 41 of the 43 chickens died within a week of their arrival.
epda5 TIL a Challenger space shuttle engineer, Allan McDonald, raised safety concerns against the wishes of his employer & NASA. He was ignored; a fatal accident resulted. When McDonald spoke out, he was demoted by his company. Congress stepped in to help him. He later taught ethical decision making.
RJVa TIL Steve Jobs was diagnosed with a rare form of non aggressive pancreatic cancer that was entirely treatable. Jobs then resisted standard treatment for 9 months, choosing to try and treat his cancer with a vegan diet. This led to the cancer becoming untreatable and him losing his life.
x4yB TIL capital letters were stored in the upper tray for typefaces. This is why they’re called uppercase.
mgeR TIL in 1964 white business leaders in Atlanta refused to buy tickets to an event honoring recent Nobel Prize winner Martin Luther King. Coca-Cola recognized the potential PR disaster and threatened to leave the city unless people attended. The event sold out the next day.