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TIL General Motors pays its CEO more than it pays in US taxes

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v1Mlx TIL the many uses of the "horse apple tree" (Osange orange). If you grew up in rural Texas, you probably know the fruit and tree
6wPJ TIL Bruce Springsteen’s classic, Born to Run, almost became the official song of New Jersey until legislators listened to the lyrics and realized the song was about wanting to get out of New Jersey.
5Yne8 TIL: Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate to more than 80%.
Y7e7r TIL both Scarface movies (1983 & 1932) were based on a book by Armitage Trail, who was 28 years old and died suddenly of a heart attack just nine months after the novel was published.
QJ0Pk TIL tears of happiness and tears of sadness look different under the microscope.