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TIL: The Japanese consider sleeping at work honorable as it signals exhaustion from hard work

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epWWD Today I learned that Jim Henson wanted to make a live-action remake of Pinocchio in 1985, but Disney rejected the idea.
l7LZA TIL that a Sig Alert was developed in 1955 because the LAPD refused to notify radio stations of traffic disruptions, requiring stations to call in, thus tying up the phone lines and requiring officers to constantly repeat the same information.
O4gY TIL that the car brand Cadillac was named after French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac who founded Detroit.
GAoxQ Today I learned about the 20 year old Belgian man who died from eating 5 day old spaghetti.
nWarb TIL Russia has over 2,500 nuclear generators scattered throughout its countryside