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TIL The Minimum Wage in 1968 was $10/HR in 2009 Dollars.
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TIL the Lobsters we eat are generally really young and thus only a fraction of the size they grow to be in the wild. Older/Larger Lobsters are thought to be less tasty, and are a species that mates more prolifically with each year, making killing a 100+ yo behemoth a conservation issue.
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TIL when the invading Philip of Macedon sent this message to Sparta - “You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your city”, they sent back a one word reply - “If”
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TIL uranium is one of the more common elements in the Earth’s crust. 40 times more common than silver and 500 times more common than gold.
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TIL that Van Gogh painted 5 different canvases featuring sunflowers, chose the sunflower because it best expressed "gratitude" and used only three shades of yellow to create the entire painting.
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TIL the countries with the highest average human height are the Netherlands, Montenegro, Estonia and Denmark and the lowest are East Timor, Guatemala, Laos and Nepal.