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TIL Only 16% of private sector workers are offered pensions. The rest offer 401ks

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yQWPv TIL while Apple was buying rural land for a new building, one couple refused to sell their 1 acre plot of land they had originally purchased for $6,000. After rejecting every single offer, Apple just told them to name a price. They sold it for $1.7 million.
JBY8 TIL llamas are often kept with sheep because when an animal attacks the flock the llamas will attack viciously even to death
EgWrp TIL the 1966 song "River Deep – Mountain High" which was written by Phil Spector, cost a then unheard of $22,000 ($207,000 in 2023), and required 21 session musicians. It was reported that the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson attended the session, where he sat "transfixed" and "did not say a word."
X0nGQ TIL there is some pacific islands with cults that warship airplanes and pray for cargo drops
NX48E TIL "Amadeus" was filmed almost entirely in real castles and palaces in Prague, rather than Vienna where Mozart actually lived