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TIL strikebreakers are used more frequently in the United States than in any other industrialized nation

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OGn14 TIL Ozzy Osbourne gave up taking acid during the recording of Black Sabbath's Volume 4. He said “I took 10 tabs of acid then went for a walk in a field. I ended up standing there talking to this horse for about an hour. In the end the horse turned round and told me to fuck off. That was it for me.”
80LK TIL there are exploding lakes. Lake Nyos in Cambodia exploded in 1986 after being saturated with carbon dioxide from the volcanic vent below it. The resulting CO2 cloud suffocated 1700 people.
R5pGa TIL the capital city of Palau - Ngerulmud - has an official population of 0. It is literally just the government building.
ve1r TIL that in 2001, an LA artist impersonated a Caltrans worker, forged an invoice, used a hidden ladder, and installed his own freeway sign in the presence of another highway crew. Nobody noticed, he was never charged, and the sign remained for over eight years.
bg67 TIL an autistic teenager that is unable to speak is able to communicate by typing, giving the world a new perspective on how autistic people think