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TIL that the value of a human life as determined by the U.S. government is approx. $6 million

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woXj8 TIL the letter grade E existed until the 1930s, at which time it was eliminated for fear that parents would interpret the grade as meaning “excellent”.
a8DAo TIL fish aren’t “real” in the way other life forms are, because they don’t form their own distinctive clade. They are instead “mixed in” the phylogenetic trees of other creatures that cannot be classified as “fish.”
mxrbE TIL the Tahitian Football League awards 1 point for a defeat, as according to the Tahiti Football President Charles Ariitoma "we don't want anyone to be sad."
nWxgY TIL Heaven's Gate purchased alien abduction insurance for fifty of it's members that would pay out $1M if someone was abducted, impregnated, or killed by space aliens.
PYbZZ TIL that witches in parts of medieval Europe where weighed. A witch had to be almost weightless to fly on a broom. Nobody was found guilty of witchcraft at the weigh house in Oudewater.