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TIL Under Indonesian labor law, women “are not obliged to come to work on the first and second day of menstruation”

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yQoB8 TIL the earliest know pair of socks are from Egypt and were worn with sandals.
6oyQ TIL the transmission of power via ropes and pulleys is more efficient than transmission by electricity up to a distance of several miles.
D1b4P TIL one of the richest families in history was a German merchant dynasty, the Fuggers. One member, Jackob Fugger (d. 1525) ranks among the wealthiest men in modern history with $400 billion, 2% of Europe's GDP. The name Fugger was originally rendered as, Fucker.
JwNQ TIL that Kurt Cobain passed up playing a minor role, (i.e. the Eric Stoltz’s character), in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction movie. Also he thanked Quentin on the back of the In Utero album in the “Special Thanks” section.
awZYb TIL In the Olympics if there is a tie, contestants can share the gold medal. There has been 120 instances of medal sharing since the modern Summer Olympics began in Athens but this is the first time in history where rival athletes from different countries asked about the possibility themselves