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

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R5Vol TIL MLB Legend Ted Williams was “frozen cryonically” after his death in a process called neuropreservation
0Bwy TIL in 1977 Billy Joel’s poorly-performing single “Only the Good Die Young” was banned by WSOU-FM, affiliated with Seton Hall University, for its supposed anti-Catholic themes. Other dioceses then started putting pressure on local stations to ban it. As a result of the controversy, sales skyrocketed
nP6B TIL Winston Churchill received a prescription for alcohol when he visited the United States during prohibition, his Doctor writing, “The quantity [prescribed] is naturally indefinite”.
nlW7 TIL Bath Salts were a huge drug problem in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s, but the government kept the problem quiet through control of the state-run media. Bath Salts are called “Jeff” in Russia. (resubmitted with correct link)
GAWjG TIL about Maximilian I, the last Emperor of Mexico. A member of the House of Habsburg, he acceded to the throne led by the misguided belief that a sham referendum conducted in his favor by the French was legitimate. He was executed by republican forces in 1867, only 3 years after his accesion.