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TIL That Unpaid Internships Are Illegal In The UK Because “they don’t comply with National Minimum Wage legislation”

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e51E TIL The Blackbird SR-71 had a fuel system that was designed to leak before takeoff, and flew so fast it sealed itself during flight from the heat.
nYRb TIL British director Ken Russell was once challenged to create a film that even he would want to see banned. The result was “A Kitten for Hitler”
X0Vgk TIL of Marvin Maples, a Tennessee grandfather who kidnapped his grandchildren and moved to San Diego where they assumed false identities for 20 years. Maples claimed his daughter and her husband were a part of a Satanic cult and regularly abused their children.
Z8XQ TIL that there is a theoretical Gravity Train, which would connect any two destinations on Earth with a 42 minute, gravity-powered train ride.
j9vE TIL when a caterpillar is eating a tobacco plant, the plant sends out a chemical distress call that attracts predators of the caterpillar