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TIL that NFL cheerleaders make between $75-100 per game and $50 for special appearances, but around $3k a year

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l707r TIL: That over 60 towns were scouted as possible shoot locations for the movie Groundhog Day. Though relatively remote, it was felt that Woodstock, Illinois offered the timeless quality that the filmmakers sought. The town even came with a large pothole for Phil (Bill Murray) to step in.
XmXQ TIL Augustin Mouchot, a French math teacher, was a 19th-century inventor of the earliest solar-powered engine. It converted solar energy into mechanical steam power. In 1878 he showcased his solar-powered concentrator at the Exposition Universelle in Paris & took home the gold medal from the fair.
m1N6Y TIL that on April 23 1953 Dwight D Eisenhower issued Executive Order 10450 which banned homosexuals from working for the federal government or any of its private contractors. An estimated 5000-10,000 people lost their jobs because of this policy, now known as the "lavender scare".
ANYxB TIL each element on the Periodic Table corresponds to one solution of the main equation in the field of quantum mechanics & that the entire field of chemistry emerged from that single equation.
7GGM TIL the Popsicle was invented by an 11-year old boy who accidentally left his drink and stir-stick outside overnight