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TIL: If working the extra hour during time change, you are entitled to pay for that hour. If you’re not being compensated contact your HR/Labor Board

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D1YPg TIL of Julie D'Aubigny, the famous 17th century French opera singer who once took the holy vows to enter a convent so she could have sex with a nun. She also had a habit of seducing women at parties, which led to their husbands challenging her to a duel. An expert duelist, she killed 10 men this way
7rvl7 TIL Paul McCartney wrote the melody to the song "Yesterday" before the lyrics. He used placeholder lyrics for the song, titled "Scrambled Eggs" instead: "Scrambled eggs/Oh my baby how I love your legs/Not as much as I love scrambled eggs".
BrkaL TIL that due to relativity the core of the earth is 2.5 years younger than the crust
Oo1YR TIL Mozilla is originally a portmanteau of "Mosaic Killer", the dominant browser at the time. Mosaic was then renamed to Netscape, which forced Microsoft to in turn create Internet Explorer.
b60l9 TIL that, even 35 years after the disaster, Chernobyl will be habitable again in about 20,000 years. Visiting is now considered safe, but there are still risks associated with touring due to the structural instability of the ruins.