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26 Oct 01:01

TIL If college students work while going to college their employers can count up to $5200 of their pay as tuition reimbursement and make that amount tax deductible for the student. Only a few percent of employers utilize this.

by /u/King_of_the_pups
TIL If college students work while going to college their employers can count up to $5200 of their pay as tuition reimbursement and make that amount tax deductible for the student. Only a few percent of employers utilize this. submitted by /u/King_of_the_pups
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26 Jun 11:54

TIL Dolph Lundgren received a full scholarhip to study enginering at MIT but dropped out to become the bodyguard to Jamaican singer Grace Jones. They developed a romantic relationship and Jones convinced him to move with her to New York where he pursued an acting career.

by /u/ban1o
TIL Dolph Lundgren received a full scholarhip to study enginering at MIT but dropped out to become the bodyguard to Jamaican singer Grace Jones. They developed a romantic relationship and Jones convinced him to move with her to New York where he pursued an acting career. submitted by /u/ban1o
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29 Apr 23:31

TIL that while yellow is a primary color for paint it is not a primary color for light. This is why we have RGB lights and not RYB.

by /u/DaddyH1tsMe
TIL that while yellow is a primary color for paint it is not a primary color for light. This is why we have RGB lights and not RYB. submitted by /u/DaddyH1tsMe
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21 Jan 15:58

TIL that it's estimated that a boy born to Samoan parents is 56 times more likely to get into the NFL than any other kid in America.

by /u/ellean4
TIL that it's estimated that a boy born to Samoan parents is 56 times more likely to get into the NFL than any other kid in America. submitted by /u/ellean4
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19 Apr 11:52

TIL of Black Bart, an outlaw who successfully robbed 28 stagecoaches and left this poem in one of them: I've labored long and hard for bread / For honor, and for riches / But on my corns too long you've tread / You fine-haired sons of bitches.

by /u/Doyle_Johnson
TIL of Black Bart, an outlaw who successfully robbed 28 stagecoaches and left this poem in one of them: I've labored long and hard for bread / For honor, and for riches / But on my corns too long you've tread / You fine-haired sons of bitches. submitted by /u/Doyle_Johnson
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10 Oct 22:52

By SecretAgentSockpuppet in "Only the best people" on MeFi

by SecretAgentSockpuppet
Re, women hiding because gamergate. When i got a picture of my son's school from a gater is when I stopped writing about games, dumped my social media, quit updating my websites, and stopped participating anywhere else they'd found me. I dropped accounts that I'd had since before the turn of the century. These assholes are full on terrorists, and we, even here, tried to warn the world, but it was a Cassandra quest.
24 Sep 13:13

TIL That It Costs an ISP Less Than a Cent to Transfer a Gigabyte of Data Making at Least a 2000% Markup

by /u/JoshuaF03
TIL That It Costs an ISP Less Than a Cent to Transfer a Gigabyte of Data Making at Least a 2000% Markup submitted by /u/JoshuaF03
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21 Jun 10:27

By Frowner in "Study Says Cats Understand Physics & Law Of Cause and Effect" on MeFi

by Frowner
I really, really should have gone into cat research. If I had even known that I could get paid to rattle boxes at cats, I would have made very, very different life choices.
03 Apr 06:00

By ignignokt in "HubSpot is leading a revolution. HubSpot is changing the world." on MeFi

by ignignokt
I don't want to quote the whole article, so I'm gonna make this my last one, I promise:
Another thing I'm learning in my new job is that while people still refer to this business as the "tech industry," in truth it is no longer really about technology at all. "You don't get rewarded for creating great technology, not anymore," says a friend of mine who has worked in tech since the 1980s, a former investment banker who now advises startups. "It's all about the business model. The market pays you to have a company that scales quickly. It's all about getting big fast. Don't be profitable, just get big."
This what I've noticed about so many startups in the past several years. They usually do not build around an amazing new technology. They usually just skirt laws and/or shuffle money like Uber or Groupon. A lot of them are simply delivery services that get away with paying people poorly. They are about the exploitation of existing people, not the creation of new technology.
01 Mar 20:00

By instamatic in "Is this a very shallow reason for breakup?" on Ask MeFi

by instamatic
Break up with her.

But one of the things that jumps out at me from your question is that you sound really negative about her self confidence. And that makes me change me answer to break up with her NOW before you give in to the temptation to damage it. It sounds like you're both really young, maybe late teens or early twenties, and a young woman who feels that comfortable in her own skin is a pretty awesome thing.
04 Feb 02:25

By Ice Cream Socialist in "Award-winning Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Found Dead in Manhattan" on MeFi

by Ice Cream Socialist
I worked with Phil. He was solid. A friend.

He thought I was crazy. He encouraged people. "Keep doing what you're doing."

He was a teacher in everything he did. He made us all feel like family. My heart is with his loved ones, Mimi and the kids. What a good man he was, what an empty space he leaves.

When lesser lights clamored for the spotlight, Phil hunched into his coat and took the sidewalk home. I wish he wasn't gone.

We're all going to miss him.