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TIL that an estimated 13-19% of all Sequoias more than 4ft in diameter were destroyed in wildfires since the 2020 fire season

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XERdP TIL - USA - If you work an average of 30 hours a week, or 130 hours a month, you are entitled to full-time benefits. Do not let companies lie to you. You can contact your local Bureau of Labor and Industry to file a complaint and they will help you. You cannot be fired for this.
MexAV TIL of the Thud experiment where participants faked hallucinations to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital but then acted normal. They were forced to take antipsychotic drugs to be released.
yQojV The Denver-based startup says its planes will fly at twice the speed of sound, making the trip from New York to London in only 3.5 hours.
E10Bd TIL The developers of a game called Game Dev Tycoon, released 2 versions of their game; one was an official release, and the other was a pirated version released directly onto pirating sites. The only difference between them was that in the latter, in-game companies would go bankrupt due to piracy.
GYoyQ TIL food delivery services (like Doordash) secretly inflate the prices of food listed on their menus