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TIL a Canadian polymer $20 bill costs 19 cents to manufacture

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DLLJ TIL: The 23¢ gender pay gap is the difference between average earnings of all men and women working full-time. It doesn’t account for differences in occupations, positions, education, job tenure or hours worked. When such relevant factors are considered, the gap narrows to the point of vanishing.
xmJo TIL Fred Phelps was excommunicated from Westboro Baptist Church before his death for having a change of heart about his religious beliefs and acknowledging the “Equality House,” a local LGBT support organization, as “good people.”
PdEJ TIL the city of Glasgow spends £10,000 a year removing traffic cones from the head of Duke of Wellngton statue.
bo6a TIL that professor David Nutt (psychiatrist and neuropsychopharmacologist), and the U.K.’s Chief Advisor on Drugs Policy, was sacked in 2009 when all his research proved that ecstasy and weed were less dangerous than alcohool and tobacco.
a8x1b TIL the $1 million deal between Peacock streaming platform & SK Rex Heuermann’s estranged wife prompted NY lawmakers to file for amendment of “Son of Sam” law that bans criminals from profiting of the publicity of their crimes