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TIL Indian Companies are now outsourcing jobs back to America

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epVg6 TIL a special law in the UK was created to ensure that the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital will forever be able to collect royalties from stage performances, audiobooks, book releases, etc. of Peter Pan in the UK. This is the only work with an 'exception' to copyright laws.
XvrQ TIL that in 1968, a bomber carrying 4 nuclear weapons crashed over an icy bay in Greenland. The recovered debris only accounted for 3 out of the 4 weapons, and searches for the missing bomb under the ice were unsuccessful.
7XQL TIL: Treadmills used to be used as punishment for prisoners in the 1800’s. The treadmills powered grain mills (hence the name treadmill) and pump water.
e0xek TIL George Washington was voted Britain’s “Greatest Enemy Commander” in a contest organized by the UK’s National Army Museum, beating out Napoleon Bonaparte, Michael Collins, Erwin Rommel, and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
a80xN TIL the SEC pays 10-30% of the fine to whistleblowers whose info leads to over $1m fines