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TIL America is the most Overworked Developed Nation in the World.

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PvjV TIL the US government poisoned industrial alcohol during Prohibition, leading to the deaths of around 10,000 people.
LY0P TIL It takes 95% less energy to recycle aluminum than it does to make it from raw materials.
D10vg TIL that a Louisiana man, Timothy Jackson, is serving life in prison for shoplifting a $159 jacket.
M0jV TIL The Catholic Church unknowingly made Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) a saint after the Christianization of his life story in the 14th century.
oBrW8 TIL Shoplifters were using self service checkouts to scan expensive fruit and veg as carrots at a major UK supermarket chain. They were only discovered when the supermarket noticed they had sold more carrots than they’d ever had in stock.