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TIL that unpaid internships are illegal if the intern “displaces regular employees” or the employer “derives immediate advantage from the intern”.

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ADrbx TIL In males, 80% to 95% of REM sleep is normally accompanied by partial to full penile erection.
e08Z5 TIL Willie Nelson wrote and sold the hit song ‘Crazy’ for $50 while struggling to make ends meet. Patsy Cline’s version of the song became a No. 2 country hit in 1962.
6EPn7 TIL that the author of Forrest Gump had a deal to receive a lump sum and a cut of the film's net profits, but Paramount reported a loss and refused to pay him the cut. He settled with Paramount and they bought the rights to the sequel, which has been stuck in development for over a decade.
peQ4 TIL the Mexican state of Yucután got its name when a Spanish explorer asked a Mayan what the land was called and he answered “I do not understand you” in Mayan language.
Yp6l7 TIL In the 80's a shipping container full of Garfield landlines fell overboard off the coast of France. To this day these phones are still found off the Britanny/Normandy coast.