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TIL garbage collectors in NYC make $144,000/yr, up from $79,000 a decade ago.

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M7XDV TIL that the length of a second is defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 cycles of microwave light absorbed or emitted by the hyperfine transition of cesium-133 atoms in their ground state undisturbed by external fields.
BgLJk TIL that red sky in the morning, sailors take warning. Red sky at night, sailors’ delight.
J1wrm TIL about Giles Corey, who was accused of witchcraft during the Salem trials. He used a legal loophole and refused to plea, which meant he couldn't be tried. He was then tortured to death, but still refused to plea, allowing his children to claim their inheritance.
GALvE TIL in 2018 three illegally installed vending machines (that required an 8-inch hole to be dug & filled with concrete) were discovered in Long Island to be selling "crack pipes" disguised as pens for $2 each. The machines were originally tampon dispensers that had been ripped out of bathrooms.
mxY5o TIL Tom Wilson (Biff from Back to the Future) received the same questions about the movies so frequently, he made a song about them