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TIL Lil Wayne worked as a suicide prevention aid for 50 cents an hour, 10pm - 6am everyday, during his stay at Rikers.

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nePw9 TIL the field of archaeoacoustics looks at the possibility of extracting sound from ancient objects.
mbjo TIL that a software bug made Gandhi the most aggressive leader in the first civilization game, making him famous for dropping nukes.
G7a1 TIL that there is a community college that is isolated in the middle of a California Valley at which students live on campus but pay almost nothing, and are instead required to work at least 20 hours a week in jobs such as cook, butcher, or “cowboy”.
ZXK4 TIL that the only person who is allowed alcohol in the Houses of Parliament is the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who is allowed to drink whilst announcing the annual Budget.
neZJ7 TIL that Edgar Allan Poe is considered one of the founders of the Detective Genre. He created one of the first detectives who solves mysteries based on the facts of the crime. He is credited with inventing the “least likely suspect” trope, as well as the culprit framing another by planting evidence