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TIL in New Zealand in 1959, only 21 people out of their entire population of 2.3 million were officially unemployed

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JYprk TIL that a photographer took photographs of Robert Kennedy’s assassination. The LAPD confiscated these photos for evidence. When he asked for them back, he was told they’d been destroyed. He sued and during the trial it was proven they tried to provide fake photos and his original photos were stolen
160a8 TIL that Most Extreme Elimination Challenge (MXC)'s four producers-writers-voice performers are alumni of comedy troupe The Groundlings, including Mary Scheer (Mad TV).
N75rE TIL: Many Native North American cultures have historically recognized the existence of a third gender, or a "two-spirit" person. Someone who is regarded as neither male or female
Xy4Q TIL that in 2013, scientists were able to plant and grow an extinct tree from 2000 year old seeds
e0pY4 TIL when Arthur Rubinstein was invited to play for delegates at the 1945 inauguration of the UN, he was so angry that neither a Polish delegation nor a Polish flag was included, he made his point by performing the Polish national anthem extremely slowly and loudly.