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TIL more than half the US states have laws requiring employers to give people time off to vote. Some states even require the employer to pay your wages while you're voting!

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81g8 TIL I learned there is ship called Women On Waves that offers women around the world abortions and reproductive health counseling in international waters.
jNrMX TIL Liechtenstein gives away free beer to anyone who shows up on their national holiday, Staatsfeiertag.
9wkx6 TIL Creedence Clearwater Revival was only active for four years (1968-1972), with seven studio albums. They still hold the record for most singles (nine) to reach the Top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 without ever scoring a #1.
X0D98 TIL Teddy Roosevelt's 2nd son Kermit Roosevelt joined his father's Amazon expedition and had a river named after him, resigned from US Army in 1917 to join the British Forces to fight in WWI. To join the first fight in Finland/Norway, he took help of Churchill to secure a commission in British Army.
M7Br0 TIL there is a park in London where pelicans eat pigeons