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TIL in an 8-hour workday, the average worker is productive for 2 hours and 53 minutes.

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LBjP TIL the Extraordinarily Deluxe Edition of Monty Python and the Holy Grail features “Subtitles for People Who Don’t Like the Film”, consisting of lines taken from William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 2, and a feature for the hard of hearing, where the menu is read aloud by Jones in a very loud voice.
nevW7 TIL exponential, log and trig functions are examples of transcendental functions, which "transcend" algebra as they can't be expressed with a sequence of the algebraic operations of addition, multiplication and root extraction. Unlike algebraic functions, they can't satisfy polynomial equations.
wo5xE TIL of Ptolemy Ceranus, who was a son to Alexander the Great's general Ptolemy. Rejected from inheriting his father's Egyptian throne he traveled to Macedonia where he made the kingdom fall to an invasion, assassinated the conqueror, and then died in battle - causing 2 years of anarchy in the region
GAoVg TIL Hattori Hanzō is a title given to the leader of the Hattori Clan in addition to being the name of a famous samurai from the Sengoku period of Japan.
AlMB TIL that Newgrange is a 5,000-year-old tomb and time-telling device. At dawn from Dec. 19th-23rd, a narrow beam of light penetrates the passage chamber and the entire room becomes dramatically illuminated for just 17 minutes. There is a lottery to determine the few witnesses of the event each year.