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TIL that around 81% of small businesses in the US have zero employees.

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Z85Ba TIL In Australia, women who did not volunteer to care for the sick during the 1919/1920 Influenza pandemic were sent white feathers.
j6nlN TIL the U.K. National Autistic Society found 58% of parents identified “Thomas the Tank Engine” as helping children with autism to understand basic facial expressions, colors, and numbers, as each engine is clearly numbered, colored, and have happy, sad, or angry faces.
j6wKE TIL The Mongolian army that attacked Baghdad in 1258 (200-800k dead) included Chinese artillery specialists, Persian/Turkic auxiliaries, Franks from Antioch, Armenian/Georgian allies, and Christian Han Chinese generals. They also defeated the Assassins and killed their Grandmaster on the way there.
eXKb TIL that Porphyria, a collection of diseases where symptoms include severe sun sensitivity, prominent canine teeth and peculiar behaviour, is thought to be the basis of the vampire legend – especially as symptoms are worsened by garlic.
wLep7 TIL in 2006, the Mythbusters tested the myth that cardboard used in cereal boxes are healthier than the sugary cereal itself. Two groups of mice were given either item and the box group ended up eating each other while both Mythbusters made remarks about it. The myth was promptly never shown on TV.