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TIL Americans work more than any other major countries — 137 hours per year more than Japanese, 260 per year more than the UK, and 500 hours per year more than France.

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66OW TIL that a Roman merchant who sold fake jewels was sentenced to face a lion in the arena. When the gate finally opened, a chicken walked out. Emperor Gallienus proclaimed “He practiced deceit and then had it practiced on him.”
WkDP4 TIL that Edd Kalehoff, the original composer of "The Price is Right" theme song, was pressured into giving his ASCAP credit to another person and as a result has lost out on millions in royalties over the years.
1b0d TIL Some Atomic Bomb survivors grew strange, long black fingernails after the disasters, which contained active blood vessels. When broke off, they would bleed profusely and then regrow.
w4PW TIL that the Sun loses around 4 million tons of mass per second due to fusion
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