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TIL in 1999 a French Holocaust survivor reduced Shell Oil’s accident rate 84 percent by making oil rig workers talk about their feelings

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5XKD TIL in 1954, archaeologists excavating an 8th-century Viking settlement in Sweden found a Buddha statuette from India
JY4r1 TIL about Rita Wolfensohn who was legally blind, a hoarder and had presumably lived alone believing her adult son Louis had moved out. Rita didn’t know her son Louis was “living” with her for the past 20 years, however he was dead that entire time.
5VQXD TIL Giraffes need surprisingly little sleep. The average giraffe sleeps for 4.6 hours per day.
L980 TIL A British 19-year-old has officially changed his name to “Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined.” His grandmother is no longer speaking to him.
8LNK TIL there is a school board in NY that consists of orthodox religious parents who send their students to private school. Holding the majority, they were able to gut funding and close public schools at the dismay of public school parents, while using funding for their private schools.