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TIL Henry Ford reduced the workday to 8 hours so he could add a third shift.

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pENe TIL that the 1997 film Titanic, adjusted for inflation, still cost more to make than the actual ship itself in 1909.
LQDdZ TIL that Cassowary meat is so tough that people were told to cook it with a stone in the pot. "When the stone is ready to eat, so is the Cassowary."
xOk5 TIL that during WWII, the Gestapo’s most wanted person was New Zealand born Allied agent Nancy Wake. Among her numerous exploits, she killed an SS soldier with her bare hands, to prevent him from raising the alarm during an undercover raid.
l7xlK TIL that the Nepalese royal family was nearly wiped out in 2001, when Crown Prince Dipendra opened fire during a gathering at the palace
6EeBw TIL In 1988, Jimmy Swaggart became the poster boy for corruption in the evangelical revival circuit and he’s still preaching today. This televangelist cried in front of 8,000 people after being caught with prostitutes.