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TIL Goodwill is using a loophole to pay disabled workers as little as 22 cents an hour

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75E7 TIL the process of seppuku, suicide by disemboweling to preserve honor, eventually became so ritualized that the abdominal cut was not even needed. The samurai merely reached for a fan instead of a knife, and doing so signaled the merciful beheading strike by the samurai’s assistant.
AAj7 TIL that a 1997 poll showed that Americans thought NASA’s funding accounted for 20% of the federal budget. In fact, NASA has received one cent or less per every tax dollar since 1975. Currently, they receive a $.005 cents per dollar.
ONQe TIL Jim Henson operated Kermit from a cramped diving bell underwater with an air hose to the surface for The Rainbow Connection intro to The Muppet Movie. Filming took 5 days.
rXAe TIL the Pittsburgh Penguins had two living penguins as mascots : Pete (who died of pneumonia) and then they got… Re-Pete.
j6oxR TIL India became the world most populous country from around April/May 2023