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TIL at least 42,000 workers remain trapped on cruise ships without paychecks

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dO9Q TIL that the name ‘Jessica’ was created by Shakespeare in 1596
5VY5p TIL that while impressed by his book "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica", the UK's science academy couldn't publish Isaac Newton's book due to being nearly bankrupt from spending all of its money printing the "History of Fish". Thankfully, scientist Edmond Halley's funded the printing.
E1gy0 TIL The word shilling comes from schilling, an accounting term that dates back to Anglo-Saxon times where it was deemed to be the value of a cow in Kent or a sheep elsewhere.
BgVQe TIL that the head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime concluded that billions in drug money kept the global financial system afloat during the 2008 crisis
4kkeg TIL about Speibecken. A basin for vomitting installed in men's washrooms at pubs in Germany.