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TIL of Laurence Peter, author of the Peter Principle, which states: “… in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent…”

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OoRQg TIL There is a wire called an eruv that hangs above Manhattan encircling much of the borough, acting as a symbolic boundary that turns the public streets into a private space, much like one's own home that allows Jewish people to move about freely without having to worry about breaking Jewish law.
4mLR TIL “Space Invaders” the game was intended to always be at the same speed, but as you destroy more aliens, the computer can render faster. This is why the aliens speed up as you near the end of the level.
DkXe TIL that Nestle earned the nickname “baby killer” in the mid 1970s after a bad marketing ploy killed many children in Africa.
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