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TIL that Generation Y is making 20% less than Baby Boomers were at the same age

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PKAg TIL, that Texas abolished all special last-meal requests after condemned prisoner Lawrence Russell Brewer requested a huge last meal and did not eat any of it, saying he was not hungry.
QJg69 TIL that the notoriously sloppy handwriting of doctors result in the death of 7000 and injury of 1.5 million people annually due to unclear abbreviations and illegible dosage indications on prescriptions.
jbMM TIL an American exchange student in Germany had to be rescued by firefighters after getting stuck in a vagina sculpture.
7D9P TIL the poorly-received 1999 movie “Wild Wild West” was a commercial success, likely due to underage teens buying tickets, only to sneak into American Pie or the South Park movie.
DQvKv TIL: In pre revolutionary France, the tax was called the "taille", which was originally a way for peasants to pay to be exempt from the army. However, it was expanded afterwards. Nobles, clergy, and people living in Paris and Lyon were excluded.