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TIL: The statement that “Women are paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men” is false. The gender wage gap is virtually nonexistent for identical jobs once all factors are taken into consideration.

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jNNjp TIL baby salmon were evacuated from a hatchery by tanker trucks in anticipation of the collapse of the Oroville Dam.
dm9 TIL when Matt stone and Trey Parker visited their friend (who later became the voice of Hirohito) in Beijing, the friend’s boss talked about how big American penises are and how small his penis is, and made Matt touch his penis. Also chinpokomon means penis monsters.
MwXa TIL despite several ludicrous rumors saying he had died from a heroin overdose, been hit by a car, and even been replaced with a doppelgänger, Steve from Blue’s Clues left the show simply because he was going bald.
DkMj TIL Classical marble statues used to be painted in color; although they have faded to blank whiteness, we can use UV light to see the original textures
XERvX TIL the expression “How do you like them apples” supposedly originated during the first World War, when the Allies’ anti-tank grenade was colloquially called a “toffee apple” because of its bulb-like appearance on a stick. The phrase was a taunt against the enemy.