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TIL In Japan, they have something called the “Happy Monday System” which aims to place as many state holidays as possible on Mondays in order to give those with a five-day work week more three day weekends

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oRkER TIL That between the 14th and 17th centuries, groups of people in Europe began to dance uncontrollably, and would not stop, and it got to the point where some even died.
J1Yyv TIL German WW1 fight pilot, “the Red Baron”, was pulled from wreckage by enemy forces, and ceremoniously buried, after being shot down 104 years ago
oEpR TIL Jack Black’s mother was one of the engineers who helped design the Hubble Space Telescope.
Z8kwp TIL The hospital in scrubs was the hospital used in the office.
DQYgv TIL there are people who can sleep less, be more productive and physically fit and overall healthy