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TIL That the US state of Vermont is paying people $10,000 to have people move there and work remotely for an out of state employer

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e0ob6 TIL the scientist who insisted doctors should wash their hands before medical procedures was despised, ridiculed, and removed from society for being anti-science.
OGkp4 TIL Erica Pratt, a 7-year-old girl abducted in Philadelphia in 2002, freed herself from the basement of an abandoned house in less than 24 hours by chewing through the duct tape that bound her and breaking through a screened window to call for help.
OGBNL TIL even though Athens was a democracy, and all its adult male citizens were members of the Assembly, many of the city’s offices were filled by lot because election was regarded as undemocratic, since it effectively pronounced some citizens better qualified than others.
0VLp TIL the actors who played brother and sister on “Dexter” began dating, fell in love, got engaged, got married, and got divorced, all while continuing to play brother and sister on TV.
oBoO7 TIL that if you look at a blue sky you can actually see white blood cells moving around in your eyes.