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TIL That there are only two countries in the world without paid maternity leave. Papua New Guinea, and… The United States.

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LkZEQ TIL that a week after the 9/11 attacks, there was a postal mail attack in which perpetrators sent letters containing anthrax spores to several Congressman, killing 5 people and infecting 17 others.
0pAM TIL the first issue of Playboy in December 1953 was undated, as Hugh Hefner was not sure if there would be a second issue.
6Ew5w TIL the reason Mark Hamill looks different in ‘Empire’ and ‘Return’ is because had a car accident after filming “A New Hope” and needed cartilage from his ear to rebuild his nose.
bP1Z TIL of the Brew company called DogTag Brewing. A company that tells the story of a different fallen soldier on each can.
QJR9 TIL that in the 1950s and 60s, women in Afghanistan studied to be doctors - Once Upon a Time in Afghanistan… | Foreign Policy