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TIL Microsoft implemented a four-day workweek as part of the “Work Life Choice Challenge” in Japan by closing offices every Friday. Productivity, measured by sales per employee, rose by nearly 40% compared to the previous year's same period.

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9YVvX TIL about Jack Trice. He was the second black college football player. Before his first game, he wrote about how proud he was to have the opportunity. He was intentionally targeted throughout the game, breaking his collarbone and causing internal bleeding, which in turn caused his death.
d8loE TIL: The song Hook, by Blues Traveler, is a satirical song making fun of how shitty music has become. I've heard that song 1,000 times and never really paid any attention to the lyrics, which puts me in the group the entire song is criticizing. wow.
OrOR TIL blue LEDs were not invented until the early 1990s, 30 years after red and green LEDs were invented.
0wrQy TIL that Singapore gained independence against its own will. Singapore was a part of Malaysia but because of disagreements with the city, the Malaysia parliament voted unanimously to kick them out against the cities will.
7rpj7 TIL A Certain Species of Tiger Moths Can "Jam" the Echolocation of Bats' by Producing Similar High Pitches Noises