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TIL that France has labor laws giving all employees 5 weeks of vacation time, Luxembourg: 25 days, Germany: 4 weeks, Croatia: 20 days, Venezuela: 15 days, Puerto Rico: 15 days, Saudi Arabia: 21 days, China: 5 days. The only country listed with 0 days: The United States

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yvM8 TIL that Jobs lied to Steve Wozniak. When they made Breakout for Atari, Wozniak and Jobs were going to split the pay 50-50. Atari gave Jobs $5000 to do the job. He told Wozniak he got $700 so Wozniak took home $350
l71vV TIL an eggcorn is the alteration of a phrase through the mishearing or reinterpretation of one or more of its elements, creating a new phrase having a different meaning from the original but which still makes sense and is plausible when used in the same context.
OJ9e TIL breathing the air in Beijing is equal to smoking 21 cigarettes a day in health effects.
BYLr TIL Paul Williams, songwriter for 1979 classic, “The Muppet Movie” said, “Jim Henson gave more freedom than anybody. I said, ‘You want to hear the songs as we’re writing them?’ He said, 'No. I’ll hear them in the studio. I know I’m gonna love them.’ You don’t get that kind of freedom these days.”
mxJrP TIL the world isn’t getting worse entirely. The world has greater access to water, electricity, and food, and female education has increased from 65% to 90% from 1970 to 2015. It’s difficult to feel positive in the world sometimes. This cheered me up a little.