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TIL That there’s an organization of 200 plus millionaires that formed a political group that actively pushes for political equality regardless of wealth, higher wages for workers and tries to get the wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes.

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jNDXa TIL Disney employs the use of sentinel chickens to determine if the mosquito population in the area is carrying any diseases
DloV TIL of Lake Disappointment, Western Australia. So named because the explorer who discovered it followed creeks inland expecting to find a large lake, only to be disappointed when it turned out to be a large salt flat.
woeyE TIL the origins of the dollar sign ($) are unknown
nW6nd TIL about salps, transparent marine creatures. A solitary salp reproduces asexually by budding a chain of clones that create light. A salp starts life as a female and then turns into a male.
PYgXV TIL inmates in Brazilian APAC prisons can reduce their sentence by 3 days per book they read and write a report on... A part of a larger program that has reduced recitivism from 70% to as low as 7% in these prisons.