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TIL sleeping on the job is acceptable in japan. It is viewed as exhaustion from working hard. Some people fake it to look committed to their job.

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PgEJ TIL there is a 390 acre tract of of virgin-old growth forest in central Pennsylvania. It features ancient hemlock trees and 20-foot rhododendrons. This area was conserved because of a land dispute between logging companies in the 1900’s. Pic’s in the comments.
loaPA TIL The energy required to fuse iron and heavier elements is greater than the energy created during the fusion process
D6WJ TIL David Bowie played a huge role in Chris Hadfield’s ‘Space Oddity’ cover from orbit being re-uploaded to YouTube after it was removed by the site for copyright reasons
MZ70 TIL that Dinosaurs lived on Earth for 150 million years. We’ve been around for just 0.1% of that time.
R7xA7 TIL about the giant poop monument of Ponta Grossa, Brazil