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TIL a company in Maine was sued for $10 million because they did not use an Oxford Comma in their workers’ contracts

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x65w0 TIL that the original run of The Jetsons lasted just one season (1962-1963) spanning 24 episodes.
N6Pb TIL William Halsted, a pioneering surgeon from the 19th century who discovered anesthetic properties of cocaine, eventually got addicted to it. He signed himself up in a sanatorium where his addiction was “treated” with morphine. He remained a morphine addict for the rest of his life
KYDnQ TIL that Australia is so proud of the Hills Hoist rotary clothesline that it is an offical ‘National Treasure’, has an expat rugby team in London named after it and featured prominently in the opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
GpP1 TIL, Breathing the Air in Mumbai for One Day During Diwali Equivalent to 113 Cigarettes
pYMwQ TIL that as a joke, astronauts would later comprise the Apollo 15 crew, added pictures of two Playboy Playmates to the technical checklists of the crew of Apollo 12.