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TIL of the Kids For Cash Scandal. 2 judges that accepted money for increasing the population at 2 juvenile detention centers.

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x6LYD TIL about Qian Xuesen, an early scientist at Jet Propulsion Lab who was later accused of being a communist and was deported to China where he helped start that country's satellite and rocket industries, a move a US Secretary of Navy later said was "the stupidest thing this country ever did"
d8B9j TIL that in Babylonian mythology, Enli ,god of Storms and winds, flooded the world because humans were making too much noise and disturbing his sleep.
epM4b TIL that during World War II, a British zoo placed a female panda named Ming in an underground shelter to keep her safe from bombing raids. Ming became a local celebrity and was considered a symbol of resilience during the war.
78RJr TIL That while Europe mostly uses Cane Sugar rather than High Fructose Corn syrup, they do use something called "glucose-fructose syrup" which is still basically the same but at a lower concentration.
9Mop TIL 90% of the top occupations in the U.S. pay only between 18k-34k on average