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TIL that big breasts are more aerodynamic than small breasts

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4XeKR TIL Henry Ford introduced a $5 min wage. The move made national news as it constituted double the industry norm—and double the pay of most of Ford’s own employees. He also reduced the working day from 9 hours to 8 —becoming one of the first companies in America to adopt the 40-hour work week.
XB96 TIL A letter was sent to Martin Luther King, sounding as if coming from a disappointed admirer, urging King to kill himself or risk evidence of adultery being leaked. King believed it was from the FBI. The Senate’s Church Committee on intelligence overreach confirmed King’s suspicion.
M7MLb TIL Richard Stallman who represents and speaks for open source software, such as software components of Android phones, has visited China and is a critic of spy programs.
Xd06 TIL that a lesbian journalist went undercover as a straight white male for 18 months. She concluded that “Men are suffering. They have different problems than women have, but they don’t have it better… I like [being a woman] more now because I think it’s more of a privilege.”
5VMVB TIL Travis, the chimpanzee that was famous for ripping a woman’s face off, also was struck by a bottle thrown by a pedestrian, at a stop light, before unbuckling his seatbelt, jumping out the window, and chasing the man on foot then disappearing for several hours.