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TIL If you throw in overtime, garbage collectors can make up to $85,000 a year in the United States.

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5YMBD TIL the Italian container ship “Grande America”, carrying 2,000+ cars, sank after a fire broke out along with 4 Porsche 911 GT2 RS's, their fastest production model limited to 1,000 units. All 27 crew members were able to evacuate and Porsche restarted production to make 4 more to fill the orders
lkRB TIL it has been suggested that full-time jobs are best for young brains whereas working more than 25 hours a week might impair cognitive function for people over 40.
D1DGv TIL Penicillin is an accidental discovery. Fleming returned from a two-week vacation to find that a mold had developed on an accidentally contaminated staphylococcus culture plate. Upon examination of the mold, he noticed that the culture prevented the growth of staphylococci.
epDKL TIL dogs can smell your feelings, in fact, dogs sense of smell is approximately 100,000 times better than ours, they can smell fear in a human due to our perspiration.
e06Zk TIL the Model T debuted in 1909 at $825 and had its price lowered numerous times because of increasing production efficiency. It bottomed out at $260- the equivalent of around $3600 today.