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TIL in countries such as Germany, Denmark, and Iceland, your baby’s name must be on an approved list.

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4pmo TIL that 4 Walmart employees were fired after disarming a man that was caught shoplifting.
QjEp TIL the only people protected from age discrimination in the United States are those over the age of 40.
7rJKL TIL that in response to the cholera outbreak of 1854, Chicago engineers decided to install a sewage system by raising the grade of the city by up to 14 feet. That is, they literally put buildings on stilts and buried the new sewer pipes under the buildings.
Br9gD TIL about Dick Assman, a Canadian gas station employee whose name propelled him to celebrity status in North America for four months in 1995
awpON TIL the Netherlands leads the world in daily coffee consumption, with the population averaging 2.4 cups per day