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TIL France has a law requiring tech workers to ignore emails from their bosses after 6pm

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JVwm TIL the Greek poet Hipponax was so good at insulting people that his victims sometimes killed themselves.
kwwW TIL U.S. Presidents and science Nobel Laureates were found to be overwhelmingly first-borns, as were 21 of the first 23 NASA astronauts
Y7JmB TIL that everything from the ice hockey Stanley Cup, Port Stanley in the Falklands, Brisbane's Stanley county and Liverpool's Stanley Dock and Park are all named after one father and son.
Xxk6 TIL Medal of Honor recipient, Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez fought for 6 hours straight and had 37 puncture wounds, exposed intestine, broken jaw, and eyes caked in blood. He was pronounced dead until he spat in the face of a doctor who was zipping him up in a body bag.
OY4 TIL its NOT ACTUALLY LEGAL TO GROW UP TO 25 PLANTS IN ALASKA