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TIL 90% of workers in Iceland are in a union

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1k9P TIL that Teddy Roosevelt volunteered for service in World War I ten years after having served as U.S. president.
j6P0j TIL A Missouri Christian school's staff were charged with child abuse, in part, for punishing misbehaving children in pits of cow manure
QNpo9 TIL Sony pictures won the right to distribute Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) over Warner Bros. by agreeing to a stipulation that the full ownership of the film's underlying copyright would revert back to Tarantino after 30 years.
kmxg TIL that they did not actually have the right to use the music in the background of the infamous “you wouldn’t steal a car” anti piracy warning
X0n0Q TIL that in 2020, Costco stopped selling Chaokoh coconut milk after reports of forced monkey labor were revealed. Monkeys were allegedly forced to pick coconuts, chained, caged, and had their teeth pulled to prevent resistance. Costco halted purchases and demanded audits to ensure humane practices.