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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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gM8B9 TIL that Duke, the Great Pyrenees, has been elected not once, not twice, but three times as mayor of Cormorant, MN, US. And that he’s not the only animal current serving as an elected city official.
9wQxB TIL about the Chinese "Fuxing high-speed train" which is among the world's fastest at 350 km/h (217 mph)
1aDQ4 TIL Polygamy was legal in Bavaria, Germany after the 30-years-war. The war killed so many people - the population dropped from 16 million to 4 million - that in 1650 a law in Bavaria allowed men to marry up to 10 wives.
nr1W TIL Elephants are Evolving to Lose Their Tusks to Avoid Poachers
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