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TIL The Minimum Wage in 1968 was $10/HR in 2009 Dollars.

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oXDR TIL that, while usually remembered for the French Revolution, the guillotine was used extensively by the Nazis during their time in power in Germany. As many were killed with it in Nazi Germany as were killed during the French Reign of Terror, including 10,000 people between 1944 and 1945 alone.
gOY4 TIL Frank Lloyd Wright, the famous architect abandoned his wife and six kids and ran away to Europe with a married woman. Later, his servant killed Frank Lloyd Wright’s mistress, the two children Frank Lloyd Wright had with her and four of their friends and set fire to their compound.
Vkw4 TIL of “Unsinkable Sam” known to the Germans as “Oscar” a cat that served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
AYNg TIL Disney filed to trademark “Seal Team 6” shortly after the Bin Ladden raid but withdrew after the navy filed their own trademark applications
EQRP TIL that in Poland, near Gryfino, a mysterious forest has 400 pine trees all with a 90 degree bend at the base of their trunks – all northward.