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TIL that most people spend almost 12 hours of their 40-hour workweek preparing for and attending meetings.

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NXavJ TIL Dean Karnazes ran 350 miles (560 km) in 80 hours and 44 minutes without sleep in 2005
LQp9d TIL that the city of Basel, Switzerland has many statues and fountains of basilisks. In 1474, the city put a rooster on trial and sentenced it to death, fearing that it had laid an egg which would hatch a basilisk.
6pkY TIL the difference between robbery and burglary is robbery is done with a victim present while burglary is performed when no victim is around.
R71V4 TIL Switzerland is 829 years old today. Happy birthday Switzerland!
nMEY TIL that Piggly Wiggly revolutionized grocery shopping in 1916 by allowing customers to select their own items, “To have no store clerks gab and smirk while folks are standing around ten deep to get waited on.”