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TIL Jon Stewart is worth $80 million dollars, and has an annual salary of $16 million dollars.

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jZXj TIL: The loudest recorded sound from a human was produced by 48-year-old teaching assistant Jill Drake. When told she was the loudest person in the world, Jill explained “I knew I was loud, but not that loud.”
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