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TIL In China, An Estimated 1,600 White-Collar Workers Are Dying From Overwork A Day

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d8kk9 TIL The word facetious contains all five vowels in alphabetical order.
MLJm TIL that, when the bible references a person putting their hand under someone else’s thigh when making an oath, they were actually cupping–and swearing on–their testicles. Evidently this custom is what led to the term “testify”, being derived from “testicles”.
rNGjM TIL that fossil fuel doesn't come from dinosaurs.
wLvvM TIL: Coca-cola identifies heavy users of its products as anyone who consumes more than 1,000 sodas a year. This represents 20% of total customers. Coke focuses its campaign efforts on these users as it's easier to manipulate them rather than try to get the other 80% to consume more.
6OyZ TIL it would take about 3000 years to send a message and hear a reply if SETI discovered intelligent life at KIC 8462852.