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

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GYmpJ TIL many people supported countries boycotting the 2008 Olympics over China's human rights abuses in Tibet, but such boycotts never ended up happening
gMGMb TIL a homeless man found a 10 000$ check on the street meant for a real estate broker and found a way to return it. So, touched, the broker awarded him a place to live and arranged for a job interview. A year later, he was on the board of directors of one of their foundations.
VBJ9Q TIL that Australia has never made a treaty with it's indigenous people
1a6O4 TIL You need a visa to travel from Hong Kong to China, even though Hong Kong is technically a part of China.
J1a5v TIL Nolan Bushnell, the inventor of Pong, also gave us “Showbiz Pizza”, aka “Chuck E. Cheese”