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TIL that a Spanish government worker was absent from work for six years but continued receiving a salary of $41,500 annually and his bosses only found out when he was eligible for a long service award. He retired in the end.

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OomZe TIL That before its release in 1993, Jurassic Park was shown to 200 London school children ages 8-11. They overwhelmingly enjoyed the film and no ill effects were reported from schools or parents, earning the film a "PG" rating in Britain. Meanwhile, the American rating for the movie was "PG-13."
9DyG TIL Sir Adrian de Wiart served in the Boer War, WWI, WWII, and was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear. He survived 2 plane crashes, tunnelled out of a POW camp, and bit off his own fingers when a doctor wouldn’t amputate. About WWI, he wrote, “Frankly I had enjoyed the war.”
oB0xo TIL that the formula for napalm was finalized in 1942 on Valentine’s Day and the prototype was first tested on Independence Day of the same year.
R5nj8 TIL Hans Asperger, who coined "Asperger's Syndrome," was a Nazi sympathizer and experimented on children
mKO TIL : There was a dog who waited for a person at a bus stop everyday for 15 years, after the person had died.