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TIL that more than half of the wildfire firefighters in California are inmates being paid less than $2 an hour

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4L9a TIL that James Bond was modeled after a real spy named Wilfrid “Biffy” Dunderdale - MI6’s man in Paris, he was also friends with Ian Flemming and it appears that several of Dunderdale’s stories ended up in Flemming’s books.
5gbD TIL Michael Keaton is a screen name, his legal name is still Michael Douglas, but can’t be used due to SAG rules.
p8MQb TIL that old cruise ships like the Titanic had black hulls to hide coal dust
1aylP TIL that Pope Gregory XIV made gambling on papal elections punishable by excommunication.
656w TIL that compared to white males, as of 2011 African-Americans males had 9-times more chlamydia, 19-times more gonorrhea, and 6-times more syphilis according to the CDC.