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TIL google pays their gay and lesbian employees more to compensate for the extra tax they have to pay that heterosexuals don’t

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1ALV TIL in 1946, a Georgia Tech Graduate Student and amateur photographer rushed to the scene of a hotel fire and snapped a photo that would would win him a Pulitzer. The photo is of a woman jumping from the 11th story to escape the flames, and led to new safety regulations across the US
ZGyo TIL private companies can outsource call centers to US federal inmates in lieu of offshoring. Federal Prison Industries pays inmates between $0.23/hr and $1.15/hr.
yQOew TIL - It took more than 24 years for the radioactivity from the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant accident to clear from Scotland's sheep herds.
gRey TIL 32 men from the single Kenyan Kalenjin tribe ran under 2:10 in the marathon in October 2011 alone; by comparison only 17 American men had done so in all of history to that point
rBx4 TIL the “McGruff The Crime Dog” actor was sentenced to 16 years in prison for possession of 1000 pot plants, 9000 rounds of ammunition, and 27 weapons (including a Grenade Launcher).