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TIl that wehn Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan. Productivity jumped 40%

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x60w TIL Pablo Picasso was going to brothels by the age of 13.
l75kK TIL that the Columbia torch lady is a coworker of the painter hired for Columbia’s new logo. The impromptu photo shoot was conducted in her living room, and this session marked her first and only time modeling.
neAmB TIL that Six Flags New Orleans was permanently closed after damage from hurricane Katrina. Despite several proposals to redevelop it, it’s still sitting there in a state of decay.
ARoa TIL that, as a man, you can be arrested in Iran for wearing shorts.
E1Pk0 TIL in 2011, a write-in candidate for a board of education election needed only one vote to win, but she lost because she thought her friends/family would vote (they didn't) and was too busy at her son's baseball game to vote for herself.