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TIL that in the year 2007, at the peak of the housing bubble, four Mexican farm workers earning less than $15000/year each were somehow eligible purchasers of a $720000 home that they, in theory, had no chance of affording

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kOPg5 TIL Michael O'Leary, CEO of Ryanair airlines, has his own taxicab company with just one cab so he can legally use the bus lanes to avoid traffic jams
X09mE TIL that Sichuan peppercorns aren't peppers at all. Rather, they're the dried berries of the prickly ash tree, which is a member of the citrus family.
wLB8J TIL that Stevie Nicks wrote the Fleetwood Mac song "Dreams" in about 10 minutes. The rest of the band disliked the song, with Christine McVie calling it "boring." Nicks begged them to record it and they eventually relented. It is the band's only US number one single.
78Z9r TIL about the Gault archaeological site, which has convincing evidence that humans inhabited North America 20,000 years ago
yZr8 TIL the 77 cent to the dollar statistic is significantly skewed, in fact young childless women actually earn more than their male counterparts.