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TIL Americans, on average, work more hours than the workers of any developed nation, including Japan

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GkZ5 TIL nuclear power accounts for 78% of France’s electricity production.
YkJZ TIL Winston Churchill said of Hitler “One may dislike Hitler’s system and yet admire his patriotic achievement. If our country were defeated, I hope we should find a champion as admirable to restore our courage and lead us back to our place among the nations.” 1937
awlOJ TIL homicide levels in medieval England were at least 10 times what they are today.
vYdj TIL that Paul Bettany, voice of JARVIS - Tony Stark’s artificial assistant, has never seen the “Iron Man” films.
aBp0 TIL of Francine Gottfried, a woman who was famous briefly in the 1960s because crowds of men would stare at and harass her on her way to work. The crowd peaked at 10,000 and required a police escort