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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/bostonstrong781 on 2025-08-08 14:55:23+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that a pioneer of the idea “8 hours labor, 8 hours recreation, 8 hours rest” was a wealthy 19th century businessman who tested out the idea in his own factory and in a town he founded as part of his embrace of socialism and radically equal society