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TIL that Michigan is the only state with a law that explicitly prevents the poor workplace treatment of someone based on their weight.

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6968w TIL During the 19th century, Armand David was the first westerner to 'discover' the Giant Panda, which he believed to be a "new species". In the course of his explorations, Père David sent back to Paris specimens of 63 previously unknown animals and 65 birds.
pYreO TIL that centuries ago this Dutch bar would accept monkeys as payment from sailors who had traveled around the world
5myR TIL a woman grew up isolated in the Siberian forest, without seeing anybody outside her immediate family until they were discovered in 1978. She remains there still, as the sole surviving family member.
p8kAN TIL that NCAA basketball players’ numbers are required to be base 6 so that referees can signal the two numbers with fingers on each hand.
jlGn TIL that there’s a fictional brand of cigarettes, Morleys, that’s been in several unconnected TV shows, Movies and Video games since Hitchcock.