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TIL The Netherlands has the best work-life balance in the world

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QN7wa TIL Alison Moyet’s laugh on the '82 synth pop masterpiece 'Situation' has been sampled over 90 times, including on the dance classics 'Macarena' and C+C Music Factory’s “Gonna Make You Sweat.” The giggle was originally accidentally caught on tape and the band decided to leave it in the song.
p8PGO TIL The Portia Hypothesis is a scientific theory that claims that women with masculine sounding names, do better in male dominated fields such as law and engineering, than women with feminine names. It is named after a female Shakespeare character who dresses up as a male lawyer and wins a trial.
NXV0J TIL The International Fixed Calendar is a perpetual calendar that can regulate and harmonize a 13 month year, with 28 days each. Each month would begin on a Saturday (Jan. 1st) and end on a Sunday (Jan 28th)
9Y4Or TIL the Pittsburgh Pirates got their moniker in the 1890s because they pilfered players from other teams.
x4vg TIL people have been making counterfeit money since the first coins were created, coating common metals with the precious metals used for currency. And counterfeiting is known as “the world’s second oldest profession”.