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TIL it took over two centuries for the 27th ammendment, the one banning congress from giving themselves mid term pay raises, to become law.

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8e6X8 TIL that Winona Ryder, who is Jewish and was born Winona Laura Horowitz, says Mel Gibson once called her an 'oven dodger.'
4oMJ TIL Google has found GPA’s and test scores to be “worthless as a criteria for hiring”; they have teams where 14% of their employees haven’t gone to college
PRje TIL Canada puts 10.7% of their GDP into health care and covers all citizens, while the US spends 17.1% and doesn’t
nxEr TIL Alec Baldwin donates all of the money he makes from Capital One commercials to charities and arts organizations.
a8kDo TIL of Oskar Speck, a German man who spent seven years kayaking from Europe to Australia. Unfortunately, Australia declared war on Germany shortly before his arrival, and he was arrested on suspicion of espionage as soon as he made landfall.