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TIL Al Capone was taking in about $105,000,000 a year in the 1920’s, or about 1.4 billion in today’s dollars

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jN4dp TIL the Vikings are currently considered the first creators of democracy: men and women gathered for assemblies called "Things" (þings) where they decided on laws and punishments for crimes
wpxY TIL Bill Gates has a trampoline room with a 20-foot ceiling in his house
e0RV5 TIL that cruise ships can emit as much particulate matter as a million cars every day and the air quality on deck can be as bad as the world’s most polluted cities.
8rEZ TIL that Kenan Thompson holds the record for longest serving African-American cast member on Saturday Night Live (12 seasons) and is currently the most senior cast member.
4X4ga TIL in the early 1900s, women used hatpins to fend off sexual harassers in the streets. These pins were so effective in fending off assaulters that legislation was proposed to curb these “accessories to assault.” Men would often come away with wounds that were “not serious, but very painful.”