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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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R7EQ1 TIL that extensive use of research in the development and production process of Blue's Clues inspired several studies that provided evidence for its effectiveness as a learning tool. Field tests showed that the attention and comprehension of young viewers increased with each repeat viewing.
vPOLD TIL Charles Barkley was friends with, and went - unannounced - to the funeral of, a cat litter scientist
R5B98 TIL That American actor John Wayne was asked to be the running mate for Democratic Alabama Governor George Wallace, who had been nominated for President by the American Independent Party for the 1968 election, however, he immediately declined.
0OPA TIL that the gigantic, hairy “Goliath birdeater” tarantula spider is entirely harmless and passive toward humans and their bite would hardly compare to the sting of a wasp.
oZLL TIL that the Boo character in the Mario series is based on assistant director Takashi Tezuka’s sometimes ill-tempered wife; “it shrinks when Mario looks at it, but when Mario turns away, it will grow large and menacing”