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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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8eayK TIL the Vatican does not oppose the theory of Big Bang and even have their own Observatory in Tucson and their own priest-scientist that seriously try to improve the knowledge on Astronomy with no interference from the Bible
QJEWe TIL 2 weeks after Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana lost track of 25% of kids in foster care. New policies are in place but agencies are unsure if they’ll work.
R7WL8 TIL Swedish diplomat Folke Bernadotte rescued hundreds of Jews from the Nazi death camps during WWII. He was later assassinated by Orthodox Jews while visiting Israel.
mYMx TIL: Hattie McDaniel, who won an Oscar playing Mammy in Gone With The Wind, was criticized in the black community for playing racial stereotypes. Her response: “Why should I complain about making $700 a week playing a maid? If I didn’t, I’d be making $7 a week being one.”
GYQWE TIL that the tallest person in recorded history was Robert Wadlow, who was 8 ft 11.1 in (2.72 m) tall and apparently still growing at the time of his death at 22 years of age.