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TIL a nursing home in Sweden changed their employees’ workdays from 8 to 6 hours per day and found it increased productivity and reduced staff turnover

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dvrQ TIL that after being captured by the Parthians, the richest man in the Roman world was killed by having molten gold poured into his mouth.
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