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TIL that Singapore's prime minister is the highest paid government official in the world which reflects the belief that a high salary will make him less interested in taking bribes.

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KeYQ TIL in World War II conscientious objectors took part in an experiment in which they were starved for six months to decide how to treat victims of mass starvation in Europe
R5v66 TIL of the Association of German National Jews - a pro-Hitler Jewish organisation. Founded in 1921 as an anti-communist body it wholeheartedly supported Hitler arguing his anti-Semitic stance was only rhetoric. It was banned in 1935 and it's founder taken by the Gestapo.
dDyMj TIL that a man named Robert Anderson is credited for inventing the first Electric car sometime between 1832 and 1839.
omeK TIL that there is a galaxy being deathray-ed by its own supermassive black hole.
v1Yer TIL there is no such thing as a 'triangle player' in an orchestra. The person playing the triangle is called a percussionist and masters at least 35 different instruments.