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TIL that Iran offers the most government mandated time off with a total of 53 days

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15NP TIL that J.K. Rowling wrote the final chapter of the 7th Harry Potter book 9 years before the 1st book was released.
kOkv1 TIL of Gavel, a K-9 Cadet who was fired from the Police Academy for being too friendly after months of training; he then got a new job as Vice-Regal Dog for the Office of the Governor in Queensland where he greets visitors, attends official functions, sits in on Governor's briefings
XDBk TIL Dole sued and threatened everybody they could to make sure the documentary Bananas!* would not be shown to the public.
Y1MB TIL A man once faked his own death to get out of a Verizon Wireless contract.
j5ea TIL that a 10+ hour film version of Dune was almost produced with Salvador Dali as the Emperor, with art by HR Giger and music by Pink Floyd