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TIL the US actually made some attempts to use the metric system

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v6xj TIL that Dubai has been built by slaves – foreign workers who are lured in on the promise of well-paying jobs, then are stripped of their passports and forced to work for miniscule wages under miserable conditions
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x6kBg TIL that American chicken is not considered safe for European consumption