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TIL in 39 out of 50 states, the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach.

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6EoGW TIL about Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Island and a buried tomb that rests there.
lZdN TIL the inverted cross only became associated with Satan in the 19th Century when a French cult leader was accused of holding erotic Black Masses. He believed the inverted crucifix symbolised the ‘Reign of Love’ as opposed to the 'Reign of Suffering’ of the traditional cross
MJnK TIL that Nigerian scams are purposely easy to identify, as they are designed to weed out the more intelligent and draw in only the most gullible or vulnerable. This is called the “process of self selection.”
OGLaL TIL in 2005, Jordanian couple Bakr and Sanaa Melhem unknowingly dated each other on the Internet. Both divorced when they learned each other's true identity
woNW7 TIL in 2019 Robert Kirkman ended 'The Walking Dead' comic book series (source of a multibillion-dollar franchise) without any warning at all when he concluded issue #193 with a letter explaining it was over. He had ended it on his own terms, while partly concerned he lacked the material to continue.