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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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x61jD TIL a 2017 study found that people who watch porn daily were less likely to get a divorce than those who never watch porn
AD8Pa TIL during the US prohibition era, medicinal liquor was fraudulently exploited in many scams, one doctor cited for writing 475 prescriptions for whiskey in one day. Charles R. Walgreen, the founder of Walgreen's pharmacies expanded from 20 stores to a staggering 525 during the 1920s.
pYdW8 TIL as part of its foreign policy the Nixon administration actively portrayed the president as an out of control madman to try and convince hostile nations that he was capable of anything at anytime. Including nuclear war. Nixon dubbed this strategy "Madman Theory".
ANYLw TIL A chicken in Indonesia has such a distinctive crow it is used as a foghorn on boats.
ne8xr TIL of the Winsor Hum, a mysterious, low-pitched noise that has plagued residents of Windsor, ON since 2011. No one fully knows its origin.