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

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xVQrw TIL Pope Callixtus III might have excommunicated Halley's Comet from the church in 1456
5Vwrn TIL of Jan Palach, He was a student at Prague University in January 1969 when he self-immolated in protest of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. 26 other self-immolations were made and Jan became an icon of Czech freedom and eventually a national hero after the Velvet Revolution
VM614 TIL in 1911, a journalist named Ambrose Bierce wrote the Devil's Dictionary which re-defines common words with a touch of sarcasm and satire.
X7ED TIL that the Dead Marshes in the Lord of the Rings were most likely inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s involvement in WW1. Bomb craters would fill up with rain and dead soldiers from both sides could be seen floating inside the craters.
W7or4 TIL Taylor Lautner’s wife’s name is Taylor Lautner