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TIL I learned if the US government shuts down, ICE agents will have to work as essential employees but they will not be paid until the shutdown ends.

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wodNM TIL All the gifts mentioned in The 12 Days of Christmas are birds.
X0jG8 TIL Eddie Adams, the man behind the famous Saigon Execution photo, regretted taking the photo later in life. He saw the executioner as a hero, as the prisoner allegedly killed six children and an elderly woman. He personally apologized to the executioner for the impact it had on him and his family.
9XLB TIL the color of the plastic tag on bread actually means something. They indicate the day of the week on which the loaf was baked: Monday - Blue, Tuesday - Green, Thursday - Red, Friday - White, Saturday - Yellow.
OWXL TIL “Meals on Wheels People,” a Portland, Ore.-based service and one of the largest in the country, says it costs $2,500 annually to provide daily meals to a homebound senior, while cost of institutional care for a year in Oregon is around $60,000. Cost for one day in the hospital is around $2,271.
oRoOY TIL the proper term for the whole of the external female genital parts is called the vulva, while vagina refers to the internal canal