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TIL the first documented strike by workers was in Ancient Egypt circa 1158 BC and it was largely successful.

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LogQ TIL Seven Eleven was bought out by Seven Eleven Japan and has been fully Japanese owned since 2005
45bw TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t allowed to voice himself in the German dub of “The Terminator” because the producers thought that his Austrian accent wasn’t tough enough for the Terminator. In fact he’s never dubbed himself in all of his movies since.
XEB6D TIL that former US President Richard Nixon was on the cover of Time magazine 55 times, the most of any individual.
OoLXR TIL that the last known survivor of the 1906 San Fransisco Earthquake died in 2016.
1je8 TIL that 37% of public school teachers use personal money to buy food more than once a month for their hungry students. They spend an average of $35/month. With 3.1M teachers in the US, teachers are spending about $400M/year of their personal money to feed hungry students.