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TIL Pyramids were actually built by paid workers, rather than the slaves

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p8K4 TIL US Congressmen and Congresswomen earn $174,000 to $223,500 a year, have a guaranteed cost-of-living-adjustment, can trade stocks based on the information they get from public office, have great healthcare, and set their own salaries.
gJPL TIL that a successful attempt at breaking the altitude record for a helicopter resulted in an engine failure which led to a world record for the longest autorotation of a helicopter.
16pO4 TIL that it was a federal crime in the United States for Native Americans to practice their religions, until 1978
Lkv9p TIL of TempleOS. An operating system written entirely by schizophrenic programmer Terry Davis, who believed his code was a third temple that could talk to God. The innovative os has been noted for its speed, one engineer noting Davis would have been another Wozniak or Jobs were he not mentally ill.
N7mkQ TIL that the current 400 m hurdles world record is faster than the historical world record for 400 m (with no hurdles) that was set in 1928