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TIL A study at UT Austin determined that accepting a job below one’s skill level can adversely affect future employment prospects

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e1Z4 TIL The KKK tried to to set up a kerosene-soaked cross at Spring Hill College due to its supporting the civil rights movement. When the students were alerted they chased the Klansmen away with whatever items they could use as weapons like golf clubs, tennis rackets, bricks, and softball bats.
x6KGk TIL in the 1870s and 1880s, prostitution was the primary job for women in Helena, Montana. In 1886, the city had 52 prostitutes employed. The madams gained immense wealth and purchased multiple city blocks and even established their mortgage company.
wonnY TIL that Abraham Lincoln delivered a captivating speech that was so engrossing that reporters in attendance ceased taking notes, resulting in a loss of the speech's content.
9Qpr TIL 1/3 of classified dinosaurs may have never existed.
jdRa TIL The reason most of the pharmaceutical and drug commercials seem the same is because they are handled by the same advertising company.