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TIL: Alabama football coach is the highest paid public employee in the United States.

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1aVM4 TIL that a rule was put in place in 1906 by Tiffany and Company that prevented anyone from buying an empty box in their signature blue color. Each and every Tiffany box had to contain a store purchase.
1a9J4 TIL men are more willing than women to use a time machine to kill Adolf Hitler, according to a 2015 study from the University of Texas
lrJB TIL Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys, was quoted saying “Once you’ve been labeled a genius, you have to continue it or your name becomes mud. I am a victim of the recording industry. I didn’t think I was a genius. I thought I had talent. But I didn’t think I was a genius.”
Oo6aR TIL the record for most children born to one mother is 69, to the wife of Feodor Vassilyev (b. 1707–c.1782), a peasant from Shuya, Russia. In 27 labors, she gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets.
R5kLl TIL that 0.9 repeating equals 1. Proof: 1/3 = 0.3 repeating, when multiplied by 3, it is 0.9 repeating. However, 1/3 times 3 is equal to 3/3, which is equal to 1. Therefore, because 0.3 repeating = 1/3, 0.9 repeating = 3/3, which means 0.9 repeating = 1.