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TIL that the doctor who helped deliver Dolly Parton was paid, by her father, with a bag of cornmeal

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eL8E TIL that Wal-Mart used to routinely lock overnight workers in the store, often without a key-holding manager present and sometimes even chaining the fire escape shut
PYwAZ TIL about United States v. Darby Lumber Co., a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal min. wage and labor laws. Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce, and can prevent states from using substandard labor practices to gain an economic advantage over other states.
bnGa TIL There was a scientist who published 948 papers…an average of one every 3.9 days
4kyVw TIL - Home Insurance Companies are one of the largest investors in Fossil Fuels
epMon TIL there is a "gravity hole" in the Indian Ocean—where Earth's mass is reduced, causing weaker gravitational pull and lower-than-average sea levels. This anomaly likely formed when the Tethys Ocean disappeared between India and Central Asia and forced lower-density magma closer to the surface.