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TIL: The BBC openly admits to unequally paying women more than men for the same hours worked

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rRaGW TIL about Abigail and Brittany, a pair of conjoined twins who have lived remarkably regular lives; each girl has total control of one arm and they coordinate movement through unexplainable processes, demonstrating a deep connection despite having their own brains and spines.
QLnM TIL that when a statue of George Washington was sent to London, included was some American dirt so as to not violate his vow of never stepping on English soil.
B4Ey TIL that the oldest person ever to live made a deal with a 47 year old lawyer at age 90; he would pay her 2500 francs per month in return for her apartment when she died. He paid more than double the apartment’s worth, and ended up dying two years before her.
O9r1 TIL that Stephen Colbert is a Sunday school teacher
AN7gn TIL about auto brewery syndrome, where various yeasts and bacteria in a persons gut produce alcohol in intoxicating quantities.