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TIL that the bottom 50% of Americans have only grown their wealth by 65% in the past 30 years, whereas the 51st to 90th percentile grew by 137% and the top 10% grew by 240%.

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4Yxg TIL Bob Brenly, SF Giant catcher pressed into playing 3rd base, made four errors in 4th inning and was soundly booed by the home crowd. He then hit a HR in the 5th, a game tying single in the 7th and a walk-off HR in the 9th to earn a standing ovation
E14Pd TIL All dogs have been banned from Antarctica since 1994
Yp8BZ TIL on November 10, 1903. Mary Anderson invented an automatic car window cleaning device controlled from within the car, called the "Windshield Wiper".
woPPW TIL It’s just kind of a strange coincidence not found anywhere else. The diameter of the Sun is about 400 times larger than that of the Moon,but it is also roughly 400 times farther away from Earth. These two qualities almost cancel each other out, and the Sun usually winds up looking the same size.
Zpmjp TIL that as a result of mass tomato shortage but mass banana production, Philippines tried to make ketchup with banana, and eventually banana ketchup becomes a national signature condiment