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TIL there are 29% (or 12.8 percentage points) more male home gardeners (56.4%) in the US than there are female home gardeners (43.6%)

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4koxw Today I learned that the Ancient Greco-Roman practise of placing coins in the eyes or mouth of the deceased as payment for Charon was still practised in Cambodia recently under a different religious belief.
QL46 TIL Abraham Lincoln signed legislation that created the Secret Service hours before he was assassinated.
yQLWv TIL that auctioneers average a salary around $46,000 USD
dDk4d TIL that Einstein didn't wear socks
rpKy TIL there was a magician by the name Jasper Maskelyne who used “magic” to help against the nazis in WWII. He would hide tools and maps in everyday objects and fool the nazis by using illusions.