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TIL the United States is the only developed country without mandated vacation time for workers.

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40Xo TIL Whale Fossils have been found on top of the Andes mountains
wP6o TIL During the chaos of the African campaign in WWII Axis General Rommel found himself visiting an Allied controlled field hospital. He inquired if supplies were needed and promised to help. Later he delivered the supplies he had promised.
R7J84 TIL why we use QWERTY keyboards. Mechanical typewriters would jam if people hit the keys too quickly, so they had to put the common letters far apart from each other and QWERTY was created to slow typists down.
wo5QM TIL Elf on the Shelf, a "Christmas Tradition," didn't exist until 2005.
1kJW TIL that Hulk is basically indestructible and stacked with superpowers such as breathing underwater, surviving in space, resistant to solar temperatures, and extreme regenerability.