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TIL The Senator responsible for a 40 hr workweek originally wanted 30 hrs

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oDyo TIL there’s a theory that humans went nearly extinct 7,000 years ago.
KOgvG TIL "A rule of thumb is that if you see the tsunami, it is too late to outrun it. Even small tsunamis (for example, 6 feet in height) are associated with extremely strong currents, capable of knocking someone off their feet," writes United States Geological Survey (USGS).
6gE8 TIL there are “cancer villages” in China, where residents are hundreds of times more susceptible to cancer due to pollution.
X0Ee6 TIL a huge part of Florida used to be called Mosquito county until 1844. The whole east coast of central Florida had previously been known as Los Musquitos since the 1500s.
xV6mB TIL of Puputan, a Balinese mass-suicide ritual. In 1906, about 1000 Balinese people marched out and killed themselves ritualistically to avoid the humiliation of surrender to the Dutch. After the ritual concluded, the Dutch stripped the corpses of their valuables and sacked the ruins of the palace.