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TIL that Belgium has a Time Credit System that entitles employees to take a one year secured absence to prevent burn-out and provide an opportunity to pursue other things in life.

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wokQJ TIL of Adrian Carton de Wiart who survived being shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, lost his left eye, survived two plane crashes, tunnelled out of a prisoner-of-war camp, and tore off his own fingers when a doctor declined to amputate them.
OGLvL TIL the termite queen can live for up to 50yrs, lays an egg every 3 sec, 24hrs a day, for 25yrs.
XYGr TIL that in 1966 French President Charles de Gaulle demanded that all American military personnel leave France. American President Lyndon Johnson asked if that order applied to American soldiers in French cemeteries.
GA7nj TIL about the Mariko Aoki phenomenon - also known as “book bowels” or “library poops”
Opaa TIL a study suggested playing Portal 2 is better for your brain than brain-training games like Lumosity