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

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bdQ0 TIL that one man won $6 million in one night from one casino. Don Johnson singlehandedly ruined the Tropicana’s April 2011 revenue through blackjack; he’d already won $9 million at two other casinos. He is now banned from most Atlantic City casinos.
ly1V TIL Plans were in place to sever all communication w/ Astronauts on the moon if they had been stranded by a technical failure.
wxw7 TIL that the number of American soldiers committing suicide is now almost four times higher than those killed in combat (2014 statistic)
Me9KB TIL That the Rolls Royce Silver Shadow would have been called the Silver Mist, except that somebody pointed out that in German, "mist" is slang for excrement.
j6KRv TIL A survey by the Puerto Rico Health Department revealed that the cancer rate in Vieques is 27% higher than mainland Puerto Rico.