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TIL bananas would not be nearly as available to most of the world if banana-pickers were paid a livable wage.

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bWAE TIL - Not only does Mexico have universal healthcare, but a lot of Americans are abusing it as they can’t afford healthcare in the US.
OolD1 TIL a Japanese postman kept 24,000 pieces of mail in his home over nearly 2 decades because he couldn’t be bothered to deliver them.
4YZX TIL Since the dawn of civilization, roughly 12,000 B.C., to 2003 A.D., only 5 exabytes (5,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes) of data has been created. Now, with the rise of the Internet’s influence in our daily lives, we produce this amount of data every two days.
aw1AN TIL In 2013, San Diego's City Attorney prosecuted a man for writing anti-bank messages in washable chalk on a public sidewalk. He faced 13 counts of vandalism and thousands of dollars in restitution. The jury acquitted him of all charges.
GYJNG TIL of the 'Voyager Golden Records' - phonograph records attached to both Voyager spacecraft. The records contain sounds and images e.g. waves breaking, chosen to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth, and are intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form who may find them.