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TIL No US sport is in the top 5 and the NFL is not in the top 10 globally for sport popularity.

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1ad5P TIL presenteeism—the problem of workers’ being on the job but, because of illness or other medical conditions, not fully functioning appears to be a much costlier problem than its productivity-reducing counterpart, absenteeism.
ANNjB TIL: The Jacob Diamond, estimated to be worth £100 million (2008), was used as a paperweight for a long time until the diamond's true value was realized
xV6aB TIL when a law firm filed a class-action lawsuit against Taco Bell claiming the chain's seasoned beef filling isn’t beefy enough to be called beef by USDA standards, the chain spent $3-$4million to defend its beef filling as ‘high quality’ & insisted that the product is actually 88% beef.
yGZl TIL One of the most popular marching songs for the Russian Military is Spongebob Squarepants theme song.
v7r TIL that when the ancient Dutch government wanted to diversify their crops no one would plant the potato because it tasted too plain. So the king made it a royal food and banned the common people from obtaining seeds, which made everyone go and plant potatos.