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TIL that a 2010 study showed that 5000 people with PhDs were janitors.

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rRAee TIL the old format of 'Wheel of Fortune' in the 1980s took so long to film that hosts Pat Sajak and Vanna White would sneak off and have “two or three or six” margaritas before returning to the set, where they would “have trouble recognizing the alphabet”.
w0R6 TIL There was scandal that came to light in 2008 which involved judges giving harsh sentences to young people over relatively harmless crimes for kickbacks from private prison owners.
Mvla TIL Japanese people answer the phone by saying “moshi moshi” (to friends & family) because foxes cannot say it.
oQYA TIL Dogs can sense Earth’s magnetic field, and will attempt to align themselves facing north when they poop in an unfamiliar place. This is why they often spin before they defecate.
Zp0wp TIL the pH scale is between 0 and 14, but several acids are below 0 and several bases are above 14!