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TIL that the total amount of wage theft from employees is three times more than all of the robberies, burglaries, larcenies, and motor vehicle thefts in the US.

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N7M16 TIL I learned that the only Brown Panda in the world was abandoned by his mother at two months old, and was bullied by other pandas. Now has his own care-taker in Foping Panda Valley in China.
6OG8 TIL that killer bees were created by a Brazilian scientist to create more honey, but they create less and are highly aggressive.
ADrJg TIL that in 1806 Andrew Jackson challenged a man to a duel after he made fun of his wife and wrote a letter to a newspaper calling him a "coward". Jackson ended up winning but got shot in the chest, and as a result had a bullet stuck near his heart for the rest of his life.
ae4o TIL that Ohio has voted for the winning president in over 92% of the elections the state has voted in.
W77KA TIL between the time he murdered his wife and son and the time he killed himself, pro wrestler Chris Benoit attempted to reschedule his flight from Atlanta to Texas so he could perform at that weekend's WWE pay-per-view, where he was scheduled to face CM Punk for the ECW Championship.