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Til: US law does not require employers to grant any vacation or holidays, and about 25% of all employees receive no paid vacation time or paid holidays

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KOV9E TIL that one of the earliest examples of “OMG” being used was in a letter to Winston Churchill in 1917. “I hear that a new order of Knighthood is on the tapis—O.M.G. (Oh! My God!)” – Lord Fisher
0wlKp TIL no one can buy land in Canberra, only lease the land for 99 years
8ajbG TIL in the original 1902 Broadway musical of the Wizard of Oz, the lion's quest for courage is completely omitted, Toto is replaced with a cow named Imogene, King Pastoria II, a Kansas motorman, is Oz's true king, and their efforts to seek the Wizard's aid gets them scheduled for execution.
pY8E8 TIL that James Cameron's Titanic film (1997) has an officially-licensed board game that's based on the movie...and it was released in 2020.
nW7Pr TIL the devastating 1755 Lisbon earthquake caused king Joseph I to develop severe claustrophobia and he refused to live inside a walled building. His court instead ruled from a series of tents.