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TIL that the highest paid CEO in the U.S. was John Hammergren of McKesson Corp in 2011, in excess of $700 million. At a company annual meeting in 2013, an employee asked for wages increases and was fired 4 months later.

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vPNVB TIL Johnny Cash is the only recording artist ever to be inducted in each of these eight music-related halls of fame: Songwriters (1977), Nashville Songwriters (1977), Country Music (1980), Rock n' Roll (1992), Rockabilly (1999), Hit Parade (2007), Gospel Music (2011) and Memphis Music (2013).
4yQo TIL that MI5 once had a plan to use Gerbils to detect terrorists/spies at airports, as their sense of smell can acutely detect increased adrenalin in people. The project was scrapped when the Gerbils proved unable to tell the difference between terrorists and those afraid of flying.
5YbGr TIL Costco’s Chief Operations Officer once told co-founder Jim Sinegal they needed to raise the price of their $1.50 hotdog-soda combo. Jim responded “If you raise the effing hot dog, I’ll kill you. Figure it out.” Costco ended up building its own hot dog-manufacturing plant to keep the prices low.
6B1W TIL that in 2012, the Smithsonian officially recognized video games as an art form and had an exhibit to “comprehensively examine the evolution of video games as an artistic medium.”
rNGOd TIL that Andorra is officially co-ruled by a Bishop and the Prince of Andorra, a title given to the current President of France. This means the Prince of Andorra is a democratically elected monarch, but elected by the citizens of a foreign country.