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TIL Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, believes the earth is secretly controlled by giant inter-dimensional lizards who came to earth to harvest gold that strengthens their lizard nervous systems.

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GVmg TIL a full-time cashier at Costco makes about $49,000 annually. The average wage at Costco is nearly 20 dollars an hour and 89% of Costco employees are eligible for benefits.
OG4rY TIL that in the 90s, Disney proposed a live-action version of Star Blazers (Space Battleship Yamato) using the USS Arizona as the main vessel instead of Yamato
epmoD TIL About 'Against the Grain,' the first TV series inspired by the book 'Friday Night Lights.' Ben Affleck starred in it.
alJo TIL: Rolling Paper company RAW has a separate portion of their company dedicated to humanitarian efforts. This includes digging wells, rebuilding/refurbishing older wells, leading community initiatives in rainwater collection, and sustainable year-round harvesting, just to name a few
M7Nk8 TIL Abraham Lincoln and Elvis Presley were related, 3rd cousins 5 times removed. They are part of the Harrison family line, a family with medieval roots who produced a US founding father and two other US presidents besides Lincoln