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TIL France has many 49 employee companies because of a 3200 page rule book that places more obligations and rules towards companies having 50 or more employees. Rules like creating three worker councils, profit sharing, restructure plans if they wanted to fire an employee.

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wM7P TIL Malaria is thought to be responsible for the death of about half of all people who ever lived.
oR9Kr TIL about Jimmy Robinson, a US Air Force Piloted that died (marked MIA officially) after damage sustained flying through the mushroom cloud of Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear bomb detonation. The flight was to gather information regarding the composition of the cloud, his body was never found.
Z8O9G TIL that traditionally on a Korean baby’s first birthday, they are celebrated with a party with many special traditions. This party was historically because many Korean babies died before their first birthday before modern healthcare and 1 year of life was a blessing and an accomplishment.
90p7 TIL when the city of Philadelphia announced plans for a $1,000,000 renovation of LOVE Park to get rid of skateboarders, a streetwear shoe company offered $1,000,000 to rehabilitate and clean the park instead. The park’s 92-year-old designer also protested by skating in the park.
7rw57 TIL Every president has their own secure/private ZIP code that goes directly to their office