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TIL Cuba has a maximum wage law due to which individuals cannot earn more than 20 U.S. dollars per month.

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n5ZP TIL: woman who had won a lottery, filed for divorce in hurry and at the end lost all of her lottery money to her ex husband as a result of violating disclosure laws (he sued her after he learned about the money)
6EWG7 TIL Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt once sneaked out of a White House event, commandeered an airplane, and went on a joyride to Baltimore.
X0k0j TIL most sourdough sold in supermarkets and chain bakeries is fake
xVNOg TIL that Ugandan boxer Kassim Ouma was kidnapped at the age of six and forced to join the National Resistance Army. While in the army he was never shot, however, after moving to the US he was shot twice
yVKaa TIL Lake Hillier, an Australian lake is 10 times saltier than the ocean, and bright bubblegum pink. The notable color comes from algae, halobacteria, and other microbes that are able to thrive under the harshest of conditions. The lake contains almost 500 extremophiles!