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TIL the minimum wage for restaurant and bar workers in the USA is $2.13 per hour

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Xwwr TIL Nick Kroll’s dad, Jules B. Kroll, has a net worth of $1.5 billion, as the founder of Kroll, Inc. In 1972, Kroll, Inc was the largest risk consulting and corporate investigations firm. It was considered by many insiders to be the inventor of modern corporate investigation.
x6vmk TIL the city of Los Angeles once funded an excavation in search of a lost city of “lizard people”
9wVbX TIL Oilbirds (Guácharos) are cave dwelling nocturnal fruiteaters that breed and roost in large colonies in lightless South American caves. They echolocate, use whiskers to sense surfaces, and have eyes with the highest light-gathering capacity of any bird. Their chicks are rich in fat.
VBMN4 TIL of "oxygen candles", which release oxygen when burned. They are used as an emergency supply of oxygen in submarines, airplanes, and the space station.
grxV4 TIL there was a British plan during WWIl to seal up soldiers in a hidden Gibraltar bunker so they could observe German military movements even if Gibraltar was captured.