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TIL the average child in the UK spends less time outdoors than prison inmates

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ZppZa TIL that extended periods of exposure to strong vibrations from using power tools and heavy equipment (i.e. string trimmers, buses, trucks) can cause significant injury, typically after a few months or even over the course of years. Wear your PPE and take plenty of breaks. Your body deserves it!
9w7rM TIL Microsoft tested 4-day work week in Japan by giving its entire 2,300-person workforce 5 Fridays off in a row without decreasing pay. This led to more efficient meetings, happier workers and boosted productivity by a staggering 40%. Do you think India would’ve seen similar results?
94EQ TIL that Fair Oaks Farms in Indiana produces compressed natural gas from its cows’ waste and uses it to fuel their fleet of delivery trucks and farm equipment. This practice saves 1.5 million gallons of diesel and reduced CO2 emissions by 1.4 million metric tons.
x6pOg TIL of Project Artichoke which was a mind control program from the intelligence divisions of the Army, Navy, Air Force and FBI. The goal was to determine if someone could involuntarily be made to perform an act of assassination. It also studied forced addiction to morphine, hypnosis, and amnesia.
b5LZ TIL, The Strid is a narrow stream in Yorkshire with a deep chasm and undercurrents so strong that not a single person who has fallen into the Strid has ever come out of it alive