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Today i learned europeans offered bounties for native american scalps. $150 for a males over the age of 12, and $50 for women

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9YxYm TIL that in N.A.S.A.'s management training programs, new managers are shown the film Armageddon(1998) and are given the task of trying to spot as many errors as possible. So far, at least one hundred sixty-eight have been found.
eWyk TIL if you’re selling a property in California and within the past 3 years someone’s died on it, it’s considered a material defect and must be disclosed by the seller, unless the death was due to AIDS because that’s discrimination.
KYNNG TIL about competitive hot air ballooning, where pilots are tested on distance, speed, and navigation with multiple tasks. Competitions occur at national, regional, international, and world levels, with World Championships every two years.
7lVb TIL A man once sued Pepsi after trying to buy a Harrier fighter jet with Pepsi Points
XxA6 TIL that the certificate behind Michael Scott in The Office is not a degree/diploma, but a certificate of authenticity for a counterfeit “Seyko” timepiece.