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TIL in Japan, by law, a workday becomes an additional holiday, also known as a "citizen's holiday," if the workday falls between two holidays.

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xZvB TIL of Luke Helder, who planted pipe bombs in mailboxes across several US states with the intention of drawing a smiley face across the map. He was caught before it could be finished.
jKME TIL That Bill Murray’s character in Groundhog Day was stuck for at least 30 or 40 years
oB0lR TIL of the "thrower's fracture": a rare phenomenon in which a young, otherwise healthy person breaks their upper arm bone in half just by throwing a ball too forcefully.
mx79Y TIL of Mack Ray Edwards, a serial killer who killed 6+ kids from 1953-1970 and buried their bodies in the highways he was helping construct. Some bodies still have not been uncovered.
7rrvb TIL of the 17-yr-old girl who fell 10,000ft out of a plane without a parachute and survived 10 days in the Peruvian jungle.