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TIL that in 80% of the States in the US, Sports Coaches are the Highest-Paid Public Employees

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4kZdw TIL the only known uninterrupted audio of 9/11 is a conversation between a tax consultant and a tax assessor who was being investigated for taking bribes. The consultant, Stephen McArdle, was wearing a wiretap transmitting the conversation to the FBI from the Mariott World Trade Center's cafe.
QJ6kM TIL 17% of Poland's population was killed during WW2
nZJW TIL when a Pacific tribe watched the US military perform drills to prepare for supply planes, the tribe believed it to be a religious ritual and built their own runways, coconut headphones, wooden radio towers, and marched around like the soldiers, in hopes of having a plane drop supplies off.
16ENX TIL the 2012 movie "Frankenweenie" was a recreation of a live-action movie from 1984
OobeX TIL for the film Cape Fear, Robert De Niro reportedly took his body fat down to 4%. De Niro also paid a doctor $5,000 to grind down his teeth for the role to give the character 'Max Cady' a more menacing look, later paying $20,000 to have his teeth restored after the film production was over.