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TIL that according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2012 there were 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees – a number exceeding that of uniformed personnel in the U.S. Army.

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lbZN TIL That Britain has an official Egg Verification System, where every egg sold in the UK can be checked against.
JAZB TIL that the famous melody of the song “Lowrider” is actually a saxaphone and harmonica playing together.
EBx7 TIL - Bank heists almost never happened, in the wild west days, no matter how much Hollywood tries to make us believe
epgdn TIL In 1804 Mandan tribe of North Dakota were enthralled with York [Lewis & Clark's enslaved Black servant] because they thought he resembled a sacred animal, the bear. The Mandan encouraged their women to have relations with York, hoping the power of the bear would be passed on to their offspring.
d8gR7 TIL Gail Brewer Giorgio, whose 1978 novel "Orion" was about a singer who faked his own death. Her novel was compared to Elvis Presley theories and recalled. The rest of her career was spent writing books questioning if Elvis was really dead, appearing on talk shows and having a 900 number about it.