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TIL more than 40% of Japanese companies allow employees to work four days or fewer in the office

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9BYG TIL that in the 19th Century, Americans purposely filled their parks with squirrels for entertainment purposes. They were rarely found outside of the forest beforehand.
bLbE TIL Namco copyrighted the right to have mini games during a video games loading screen. This patent expires this year (2015)
awlp9 TIL in 2013 a large Egyptian statue at Manchester Museum in the UK was found to be mysteriously turning round gradually of its own accord - the phenomenon was even caught on video. The cause turned out to be vibrations from nearby roadworks.
yVNQv TIL that Quebec is the only place in North America where child labour at any age remains legal
X0vVr TIL Canada's original gothic Parliament Building, including the Victoria Tower, was destroyed by fire in 1916. Only the Library survived intact, by an employee who closed the iron doors connecting the Library to the rest of the building