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TIL a household income of $400,000 puts you in the top 1% of earners in the United States

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6EPW7 TIL of Salty and Roselle, two separate guide dogs who were in the World Trade Centre during 9/11. They were on the 71st and 78th floor of Tower 1 respectively. They each led their owners safely out of the burning tower amidst the chaos, and both owners and dogs survived.
68EY TIL a young Frenchwoman robbed a bank with friends, her friends were caught, but she escaped and left the country. She obtained false documents and for 25 years lead a new life in Mexico where she became a psychotherapist and mother. Four days before the statue of limitations ended, she was arrested
0wjjR TIL that guitarist Eddie Van Halen was half Indonesian, and that his family immigrated to the United States because of how badly his mixed-race parents were treated in the Netherlands.
rJvM TIL that the first person to hear the Journey song “Only The Young” was a cystic fibrosis patient in Ohio. The band flew out and played it for the young fan. He died the next day, with a Walkman containing the single still in his hands.
pY65N TIL CHEP started as an Australian Government initiative to reuse left over US Army pallets from WW2