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TIL that the reigning Super Bowl Champions Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson makes less than $1 million and is actually the lowest paid quarterback on the team, with his two backups making substantially more than him.

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kJ1nm TIL about "job fishing" - setting up fake companies, making up fake employee profiles and hiring people for positions that don't exist. Madbird is an example of the con that tricked dozens into working for a fake design agency
QkYe TIL Singer/Songwriter Neil Young accidentally gave a group of children a case of poison oak at his annual birthday celebration by having the children roast marshmallows on the poisonous tree’s branches (which he had gathered himself).
A4vx TIL in 1949 actor Kirk Douglas was questioned in the disappearance of actress Jean Spangler, a recent costar and three months pregnant, after her purse was found with a note addressed to “Kirk” reading “Can’t wait any longer, Going to see Dr. Scott. It will work best this way while mother is away.”
dOZK TIL that under US law, companies can refuse to take cash when they charge you before providing the product, but after you get it there’s a debt, and they have to let you pay cash
EgpOo TIL that an ancient Carthaginian explorer found an island populated with “hairy and savage people.” He captured three women, but they were so ferocious he had them killed and skinned. His guides called them “Gorillai.” While gorillas are named after them, it’s unknown what he actually encountered.