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TIL that GM and Ford each pay their CEOs about as much as the total combined salaries of Toyota’s entire executive team.

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b91k9 TIL that the term "spontaneous order" is used to describe the spontaneous emergence of order out of chaos in various contexts, such as in the formation of language.
VMeb0 TIL the 2019 adult obesity rate of the USA's least obese state (Colorado; 23.8%) is comparable to the 2000 adult obesity rate of the most obese state (West Virginia; 23.9%).
VBAMB TIL there were uncontacted Aboriginal Australians until 1984.
KOrQB TIL that "potter's field," a term synonymous with mass graves, has a Biblical origin. It refers to an extremely clay-rich parcel of land in Jerusalem, purchased with the 30 pieces of silver which Judas returned to the chief priests. Useless for farming, the land was used to bury strangers.
78DZP TIL that HMS Victory - which Admiral Horatio Nelson sailed to his famous victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 - is still in service with the Royal Navy today. She is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission.