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TIL in 2008 nearly half of Liechtenstein's labor force were daily commuters from nearby countries - Austria, Switzerland and Germany.

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0dd5L TIL film star Kay Kendall's cancer diagnosis was kept from her, she died believing that she was suffering from an iron deficiency
wLYj8 TIL in March 2011, Korea’s anti-trust regulator went to a Samsung facility in Suwon to raid the building, looking for evidence of possible collusion between the company and wireless operators to fix the prices of mobile phones. Before investigators could get inside employees began eating documents.
QJade TIL about the oldest surviving song. 3400 years old, the Hurrian Hymn was discovered in Syria, in a clay tablet with Cuneiform text. It was dedicated to the goddess of the orchards Nikkal.
N78PQ TIL of the Duga Radar in Chernobyl, Ukraine. Part of the USSR's missile early warning system, it is also served as part of the inspiration for the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. seris of videogames
v1ED8 TIL that during the Great Depression, the state of Arkansas was in such bad financial shape that the treasurer at one point reported a balance of $4.62 for the entire general revenue fund of the state.