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TIL Mars had a prime meridian (+0 hour timezone) 50 years before Earth

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xvx5 TIL that in Libya under Gaddafi, electricity is free, all newlyweds receive $50,000 by the government to buy their first apartment, and if a Libyan is unable to find employment after graduation, the state would pay the average salary of the profession as if he is employed until employment is found.
b6g9N TIL that the Fair Labor Standards Act -- which prohibits child labor in the United States -- does not apply to agricultural jobs. An estimated 79,000 children produce about 25% of the picking harvest in USA.
aw41Z TIL Before the year 1913, it was perfectly legal to mail a baby.
646W TIL Bryan Cranston voiced two of the monsters on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Snizard and Twinman.
xJ8b TIL of the legend of Sir Francis Drake’s drum. It is said that on his deathbed he requested that the drum be returned to his manor and that, if ever England were to come under attack, one would beat the drum, he would return to protect the country.