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TIL Netflix allows employees to take unlimited maternity or paternity leave during the first year after their child’s birth or adoption.

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YpJLP TIL that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died within hours of each other on the 50th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1826. Not knowing Jefferson had died hours earlier, Adams last words included "Thomas Jefferson survives."
awjQZ TIL about the existence of the 'universal S' graffiti symbol. Found in multiple countries and over multiple generations.
oRyL8 TIL that in Toraja, Indonesia, it's customary to keep deceased loved ones at home, caring for them as if they're still alive until families can afford elaborate funerals.
yDVM TIL the Mexican Song “La Cucaracha” is about a cockroach that died because it didn’t have marijuana to smoke.
YppD7 TIL of Mt Elbert and Mt Massive, the tallest mountains in Colorado and so close in height, people keep building rock piles on one or the other to make it the tallest.