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TIL it is illegal for teachers to strike in 38 states in the US

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PY0DZ TIL blimps use the same amount of fuel in 2 weeks that a 747 uses to taxi to the runway
de8Q TIL Reddit is owned by one of the largest media companies in the world, Advance Publications, which owns Conde Nast (~20 major magazines), the Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, over 40 newspaper companies, and more.
grjO8 TIL in 1945 after a compulsory viewing of a film on the holocaust, 1000 German POWs at Camp Butner burned their German uniforms in disgust