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TIL The entire US coal industry employs fewer people than Arbys

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Pmle TIL men in Japan receive a full year of paid paternity leave, but only 2.3% of them use it.
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ObBR TIL that a couple sued AC/DC in 1981 for $250,000 because their telephone number is in the song “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” resulting in hundreds of prank calls.
OG60g TIL that there is an island in the Pacific called Yap that uses circular stones as currency. The stones are too large to move so the ownership of the stones is passed by word of mouth to transact business.
R5ROw TIL: Steve Jobs responded to an autograph request with a signed letter stating he doesn't write autographs.