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TIL that Ryan Gosling was selected as the lead for ‘The Notebook’ because the director thought he wasn’t handsome.

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DLLJ TIL: The 23¢ gender pay gap is the difference between average earnings of all men and women working full-time. It doesn’t account for differences in occupations, positions, education, job tenure or hours worked. When such relevant factors are considered, the gap narrows to the point of vanishing.
MeAm8 TIL Many people in the United States believe that the Nazis were a left wing party.
QKoE TIL that Johnny Cash’s truck caused a massive forest fire that nearly wiped out an endangered species of condor. Upon being sued by the U.S. national government, Cash proclaimed: “I don’t care about your damn yellow buzzards.”
WDAB TIL that CEO stock options are tax deductible as a business expense in America, meaning that tax payers are subsidizing $7bn in CEO pay each year.
e0MVL TIL that the distinctive look of the Curious George books is because, to save money, the artist hand-painted colour separations for a CMYK printing process. Hence the heavy use of primary colours and fringing on secondary ones.