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TIL A Japanese company has awarded its non-smoking employees 6 extra vacation days to compensate for the smoker’s smoke breaks

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QePE TIL that “Get Me Off Your Fucking Mailing List” is an actual scientific paper and was accepted to the International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology.
6EjmJ TIL that a 1964 earthquake liquified the glacial soil around Valdez, Alaska, causing an underwater landslide and tsunami. Roughly half the town (including the soil it was built on) was washed out to sea. The current site of the city is 4 miles away.
VOrG TIL that ounce for ounce, corn flakes cereal has more salt in it than potato chips
54AP TIL even though Calculus is widely believed to have been invented by European scientists during the 14th century, its mathematical principles were actually used by Babylonian astronomers over 2000 years ago.
v1MjL TIL Nasal decongestants works by narrowing the blood vessels in the nasal passages. Overusing them may cause congestion to get worse or it may improve but come back