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TIL the US is pretty much the only first world nation, without mandated paid holidays or vacation by the law

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pYBWA TIL overdoses in the US have roughly quadrupled since 2000 data links below
egA6 TIL people used to do their laundry in Old Faithful; they put their clothes in the geyser and it would erupt with clean clothes
8lpX TIL that when Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
rNLV4 TIL that in 2002, two planes crashed into each other above a German town due to erroneous air traffic instructions, killing all passengers and crew. Then in 2004, a man who'd lost his family in the accident went to the home of the responsible air traffic controller and stabbed him to death.
m1EKM TIL that Mithridates VI was so paranoid he would be poisoned, he regularly ingested poison to build up resistance. When he was finally captured by the Romans, he attempted suicide by ingesting poison, but failed because of his immunity.