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TIL that Serbia’s maternity leave is among the world’s best–a full year with 100% salary paid.

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woAn7 TIL that the original SPAM product name is a portmanteau for ‘Spiced ham’
Y58B TIL Ireland’s reputation for scholarship in the early medieval period was so good that many scholars traveled from Britain and the European mainland to study in Irish schools
oRMLE TIL that the Brontosaurus, for about 25 years, paleontologists thought it was real, but in 1903 it was reclassified as a species of Apatosaurus and declared "not real." Then, in 2015, new research confirmed that the Brontosaurus was distinct enough to be it's own genus, again...
a8E5o TIL that elephants were once used as executioners in South and Southeast Asia. In India, rogue elephants were trained to carry out executions by crushing, dismembering, or torturing victims with their immense power.
ne457 TIL most people who have cars with built in GPS use their phones for directions.