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TIL The White Australia Policy messed with one of the first major oil spills

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R7yW9 TIL that one of Lucille Ball's first credited roles was with the Three Stooges.
7dDP TIL that the USA has no mandatory paid holiday or vacation leave for employees
OQMX TIL Since 1990 more people have been killed by sandcastles than sharks in the USA
XNoQ TIL: A re-creation of the famous War of the Worlds broadcast preformed in Ecuador caused such a panic, that police and fire brigades rushed out of town to fight the supposed alien. After the people found out it was fake, they burned down the radio station, killing 6 people.