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TIL: since 2006 US retail companies have cut 1,000,000 full time positions and added 500,000 part time positions.

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xG5o TIL According to a 2006 study by the National Research Council, the thermoneutral zone for a domestic cat is 86 to 97 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s the range of temperatures in which cats are “comfortable” and don’t have to generate extra heat to keep warm or expend metabolic energy on cooling.
pMZO TIL the first known illegal act on the internet was committed in 1973 by one of the first ARPANET engineers. He sent a request for return of his electric razor following a conference in England. At that time, personal use of the internet was unlawful.
v1YQ8 TIL in the 1980s Bayer knowingly sold medicine that carried a high risk of transmitting AIDS, infecting thousands of people around the world. After realizing their product was contaminated Bayer kept sending the same medicine to Asia and Latin America, while selling a new safer version in the West.
yQ0Xw TIL John Mellencamp has dated and broken up with Meg Ryan twice, even going as far as getting engaged the second time.
v1QMr Today I learned that Al Yankovich is actually 1/4 Slovene 1/4 Croat not 1/2 serb!