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TIL that, adjusted for inflation, the U.S. federal minimum wage has dropped 20% from 1967 to 2010

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XEp0Q TIL the lead singer of German industrial metal band Rammstein was given his position after being heard singing whilst weaving baskets for a living.
nB7P TIL Steve Jobs earned more from Disney than from Apple and was the largest individual shareholder.
dDYvE TIL that matches were not created until 1826. As John Walker swirled a pot of chemicals, a lump formed at the end of the mixing stick. He tried peeling the dried chemicals off, burning the stick, and inadvertently creating matches.
0dXYM TIL that the universe has a color, called ‘Cosmic Latte’. Astronomers determined this by averaging the color of all light in the universe.
gALX TIL that on the longest ice road in Europe, in Estonia, it is illegal to wear a seatbelt