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TIL: Personal incomes in the US have fallen 10-15% for working age men since the year 2000.

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W7d0B TIL that Edgar Allan Poe became a writer after a failed military career. He enlisted in the US Army in 1827. He failed as a cadet at West Point, and declared his intention to become a writer. His first works (a collection of poems) were written while in the Army
wLek1 TIL there is a group of scientists that believe a virus came to earth on the back of a meteor and then infected a group of squid which then evolved into octopuses.
0dEJR TIL Actor Peter Dante, famous for his appearance in Adam Sandler films, has not appeared in a Sandler film since 2013, following an incidence in which he called a hotel worker the N-word for not recognizing him
N7PBM TIL that elephants are scared of bees even though a bee sting does not penetrate their hide
yVgke TIL that there's a typo on the Lincoln memorial