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TIL: Henry Ford introduced the $5 work day in 1914, doubling his avg employees wages overnight and investing $10m of profits back into his employees coining the term "profit sharing" which helped launch the American middle class and was seen as "an honest wage for an honest days work."

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GApQN TIL In Qatar, a special license is required for people to be able to purchase pork or alcohol products. Pork and alcohol products are also subject to a 100% "sin tax".
O4bg TIL that Duracell outside of the US airs commercials featuring a Duracell Bunny while inside of the US only Energizer features a Bunny. This is because the Duracell Bunny predates the Energizer Bunny and in 1980 Duracell failed to renew their trademark in the US and Energizer trademarked it instead.
pY7n8 TIL I learned about the State Partnership Program (SPP), a program in which U.S states partner up with one or two foreign countries by sending their respective National Guards to assist with training and humanitarian aid (Ex: California and Ukraine, Illinois and Poland, Texas and Egypt, etc).
KOJ49 TIL: Plato's real name was Aristocles, and that 'Plato' was a nickname (roughly 'the broad') derived either from the width of his shoulders, the results of training for wrestling, or from the breadth of his style, or from the size of his forehead.
16WkW TIL all of the covers of the Babysitters Club books were oil paintings by the artist Hodges Soileau, and that he sells them via his IG!