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TIL Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has had the same salary of $81,840 since 1998.

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wyEE TIL that the quartermaster held almost as much power on a pirate vessel as the captain. The quartermaster could veto the captain’s decisions outside of combat and was the officer chiefly in charge of discipline.
vlP7 TIL that from 1995 to 2000, the winner of the McDonald’s Monopoly grand prize was an insider tasked with producing the game pieces.
5VD5n TIL that sage (Salvia officinalis) and rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus) are closely related to the hallucinogenic drug salvia (Salvia divinorum).
9EVp TIL that the “pool smell” is not chlorine, but chloramines, which are created with the combination of chlorine and human sweat, oil, or urine.
4R9o TIL the warship which fired the first shots of WWI was captured once, scuttled twice, raised and refurbished, served under 4 different nations throughout both world wars and is now currently operating as a gravel barge in Serbia.