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

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ooeo Til that the Battle of Thermopylae wasn’t only fought by 300 spartans but also 700 Thespians and about 6000 Greek allies
nelNP TIL about Ashpan Annie, who survived catastrophic explosion in Halifax, Canada in 1917 as a baby, protected from the explosion by an iron stove and kept warm for over 24 hours by the ashes. Annie lived to be 95.
V0o8 TIL Monopoly game was originally intended to be a teaching tool about the injustices of Capitalism
165AW TIL About Colonel James 'Nick' Rowe a US Army Special Forces officer who was one of the few men to escape Viet Cong captivity. Years after his escape Rowe was recalled to active duty to establish the grueling SERE Program which is now mandatory for all SOF personnel and USAF aircrews.
jN97E TIL dung beetles are so useful from their diet, Australia imported 43 different species of them to combat a rise in intestinal worms, bush flies, and grazing land being ruined because of non-native cows.