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TIL That Proctor and Gamble hires less than 1% of the people that apply.

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p8RyZ TIL reading while pooping has been common throughout history. Ancient Roman bathhouses often contained libraries with scrolls for reading.
gMogD TIL in 1996, a Canadian man fled Canada and thought someone was out to kill him, took his money and drove to Knoxville, TN. He ended up dead in a parking lot with his money around his half-naked body. Police reports show the man was killed by a blow to the stomach. The case remains unsolved.
wED1 TIL King Zog of Albania survived 55 assasination attempts
wd47 TIL: Women who perform oral sex on their husbands decrease the chances of some complications during pregnancy. The incidence of such complications decreases further if she swallows.
kJBVm TIL The Arabian Oryx became extinct in the wild by the early 1970s, but was saved in zoos and private reserves, and was reintroduced into the wild starting in 1980. In 2011, it was the first animal to revert to vulnerable status on the IUCN Red List after previously being listed as extinct