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TIL Teachers in Luxembourg are the best paid in the world, with a starting salary of 73,300€ ($79,920) going up to 128,200€ ($138,920) per year.

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5Vda9 TIL that Stuart Anders, the inventor of the slap bracelet, donated 200 of his original bracelets called the "Slap Wrap" to Florida elementary school students after they were given a Chinese knockoff brand which had inappropriate pictures printed on the metal beneath the bracelets' cloth wrapping.
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