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

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v1B9R TIL a 54 year old New Yorker called Darius McCollum has been arrested over 30 times for illegally driving New York City public transport. He claims an overwhelming compulsion to do this due to this Asperger's. He is currently locked up with little chance of release.
J185B TIL the kicker for the Dallas Cowboys, Brandon Aubrey, hadn't kicked a football until 2019. He was a pro soccer player before, was watching a game with his wife when the kicker missed a field goal, she said: "you could do that"
bJWp TIL 30 Major U.S. Corporations Paid More to Lobby Congress Than Income Taxes from 2008-2010
ZpMjY TIL In 1994, 60 children at Ariel school in Ruwa, Zimbabwe said they'd seen a 'UFO' and 'aliens with big eyes' in bush land near their school playground. The story was reported around the world.
D1jag TIL sperm don't race to the egg. They are passively transported via "pumping & wafting", weeding out the high number of "duds" that human males have. Many are stored in side-channels for up to 10 days. The sperm introduced to the egg are a random sampling, & don't represent "survival of the fittest"