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TIL Supermarket Costco cashiers make on average $20 an hour and are happier than facebook employees…

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Nnp1 TIL that as of April 2010, Bill Gates had donated over $36,854,000,000 in his lifetime, which is more than one third of his current net worth of $82. billion.
VM9OB TIL: Wilbur & Orville Wright's father gifted them a toy helicopter (based on an invention of French aeronautical pioneer Alphonse Pénaud). They played with it until it broke, and then built their own. They later pointed to their experience with the toy as the spark of their interest in flying.
96x6 TIL NSYNC’s “I’ll Never Stop” is the best selling cassette single of 2009, 2010, and 2011, selling 24 copies, 13 copies, and 11 copies respectively.
Y77YZ TIL that in 2002, Studio Ghibli sent a Samurai sword with the message "No cuts" to the Miramax chairman, who wanted to edit Princess Mononoke from 135 down to 90 minutes for the American release
4kL9g TIL about Alice in wonderland syndrome. A neurological condition in which one’s perception of their body image, time, or space is distorted. AIWS may also cause hallucinations, sensory distortion, and an altered sense of velocity.