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

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gMmn8 TIL that Korean Air accidentally strayed into Soviet Airspace, leading to the plane being shot down. To prevent such a tragedy, US President Ronald Reagan declassified a critical military tech and that is how we got GPS for civilian use.
YB07 TIL Broken Lizard is in the process of making Super Troopers 2, and is only being held up by a legal situation with FOX.
1Z9X TIL that because Hulk Hogan didn’t return the call from the endorsers to be the face of a new grill, they called the second person on the list, George Foreman, to be the face of what turned out to be a multi million dollar product.
LQybQ TIL that the heaviest production car in history was the ZIL-41047 limousine used in Russia. It weighed It weighed 7,846 lbs (3,550 kg), and used 75 mm. (3 in) armor-plated steel for protection in key areas. This was used by president Mikhail Gorbachev till 1991.
9x0X TIL that the lead singer of “The Village People” was actually straight.