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TIL the UK's National Health Service (NHS) is the 5th largest employer in the world with 1.7 million employees - after McDonald's, Walmart, China's People's Liberation Army and the US Dept. Of Defense*

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kOMl5 TIL Almaty, Kazakhstan was the close runner up for hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics. It was beaten out by only 4 votes(44 to 40).
8a51L TIL that the name "Idaho" is not a Native American word, but a completely made-up word that George M. Willing coined after meeting a little girl named "Ida."
Ed9W TIL that the Austrian army accidently fought itself and lost 10 000 men.
WV5L TIL that due to the “welfare cliff”, a single mother of two is better off with a $29,000 per year job than she is with a $69,000 per year job.
4X9Yo TIL How streets, roads, and avenues are different and what the names mean. Road runs between two distant points — two towns, for example. Street applies to urban roadways.