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TIL astronauts receive a starting salary of only 66k a year.

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VDG TIL George Washington refused to accept a salary while in office, and instead, simply asked to be reimbursed for his expenses at the end of the war
9wlPD TIL that in 1948 that thousands of comic books were burned due to the thoughts of Dr. Fredric Wertham who saw a correlation between delinquents and reading comic books.
oR40o TIL that Sweden has raccoon dogs
OA1X TIL that in 1987, someone hacked into a primetime episode of Dr Who dressed as Max Headroom. He was never caught
R5nZ6 TIL about the Barnum Effect, a common psychological phenomenon whereby individuals give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their personality that supposedly are tailored specifically to them, yet are general enough to apply to a wide range of people, such as astrology and personality tests.