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TIL American workers burnout faster than workers in any other country

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QJ48M TIL that most malaria nets are used exactly as intended, and charities that distribute them save lives much more cost-effectively than others that address issues like other diseases or hunger
VB1yZ TIL about the Frankish Tower on the Acropolis of Athens, built in Medieval Greece and demolished by Heinrich Schliemann, the German national who later found (and badly damaged) the Site of Troy, who wanted any post-Classical buildings "cleaned-up" from the Acropolis
vbR7 TIL Hustler Magazine owner Larry Flynt survived an attack by a serial killer, but was paralyzed from the waist down. He pleaded for his attacker to not be executed, saying “a government that forbids killing among its citizens should not be in the business of killing people itself.
E1wR7 TIL the first concentration camp in Nazi Germany was used for communists, socialists, and other political prisoners.
kOKNg TIL: An American Bigfoot hoaxer was run over and killed as he stood in the road trying to startle drivers.