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TIL the Swiss will be voting on a measure in November that will limit top executives pay to no more than 12 times more than what the lowest salaried employee makes

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mxX4p TIL married men make 10 to 20% more money on average than men who choose to stay single their entire lives.
XLmk TIL when Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize, Atlanta threw him a dinner party that was almost cancelled due to opposition. Coca-Cola’s CEO threatened to move the company out of Atlanta since he thought it was embarrassing that the city’s people wouldn’t honor their Nobel Prize winner.
5KeB TIL surgeons wear green or blue-coloured scrubs because they’re the complementary to red (blood), thus allowing the surgeon to better visualize the patient’s inside, and avoiding eye strain, loss of concentration and the ‘after effect’ illusion.
LZXZ TIL of Otokichi, a Japanese castaway who made landfall in America after surviving for over a year at sea. He was enslaved by the Makah Native American tribe, but eventually found his way to London and joined the British fleet, where he helped negotiate the Anglo-Japanese friendship treaty.
KO7aE TIL, The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper Delight" was the first rap song to ever reach commercial success