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TIL that some countries, such as Japan, have laws that mandate a woman be allowed to take time off (often unpaid) during their period.

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jgnR TIL that the long-running UK police show “The Bill” used real police uniforms. When it ended, Scotland Yard bought them back for reissue to officers, and to prevent imposters.
jN9kM TIL that the .io domain belongs to the British Indian Ocean Territories that the British took over after a shady Cold War deal. They make millions of profits on the domain without sharing any of it with the Chagossian people, the inhabitants of the territories.
8aVwG TIL in 1938 nazi Germany began an expedition to challenge Norwegian claims in Antarctica, primarily for control of whale oil; a hotly desired commodity for the production of margarine. The story has since developed into a conspiracy theory about secret nazi ice bases supported by alien technology
E1ax0 TIL when a young boy visiting the White House doubted that First Lady Pat Nixon lived there because he could not see her washing machine, Pat led him through the halls and up an elevator, into the family quarters and the laundry room to show him.
QN9MX TIL some heraldry depict an animal penis called pizzle, and the omission of it was seen as a grave insult. In 1579 the pizzle in the coat of arms of Appenzell in Switzerland was forgotten by a calendar printer of St. Gallen, which brought the two regions to the brink of war.