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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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N7nk1 TIL the USA has been placed under Martial Law numerous times. Martial law is military control over all of a country's activities, usually during wartime, an emergency or widespread disaster. In the USA, martial law must be ordered by the president and must be limited to the duration of the event.
Wkx4A TIL Jenna Fischer revealed what she said to Michael at the airport during Steve Carell's farewell episode on The Office. "That was me talking to Steve. I told him all the ways I was going to miss him when he left our show. Those were real tears and a real goodbye. That was a really emotional scene."
Gloj TIL that the connective design for all LEGO bricks has been unchanged since it was patented in 1958; in other words, if you have an original brick from 1958 and a brand new one, they would still be compatible.
E1bdP TIL more than 20,000 Americans attended a Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden in 1939
1aEkO TIL Juha Mieto of Finland lost the 15km cross county skiing event at the 1980 Olympics by 1/100 of a second. After this event the International Ski Federation changed its rules to round times to the nearest tenth of a second.