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TIL if federal employees run out of sick time, they can receive leave-time donations from any other federal employee. For example, a postal carrier in Alabama can give accrued leave time to a budget analyst at the Dept. of Energy in DC.

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j67oN TIL Carl Tanzler became obsessed with tuberculosis patient Elena Hoyos, and after her death, he removed her corpse from the grave, living with it for seven years. Allegations of necrophilia surfaced later, though they remain controversial and unproven.
9YQL6 TIL In 1993 then 38-year-old Jerry Seinfeld dated Shoshanna Lonstein—then 17 and a senior at the private Nightingale-Bamford School in Manhattan.
6EXow TIL that Mall Santas generally earn between $100 and $200 per hour during the holiday season, and can earn as much as $300 an hour if they are willing to work on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
ZZ7B TIL the Eiffel Tower’s construction permit required it to be removed 20 years after it was completed (1909).
nXpP TIL when the King of France tried to escape in disguise during the French Revolution, he was recognized and stopped by a postmaster who noticed the resemblance to the king’s likeness on paper money