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TIL Denmark has no legally set minimum wage and McDonald’s workers there make more than $15/hr.

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kOGdm TIL about folk-rock singer Sandy Denny, who provided backup vocals on The Battle of Evermore and is the only guest vocalist ever to appear on a Led Zeppelin recording.
gbe8 TIL that Godzilla’s roar was created using a leather glove coated in pine-tar resin and rubbing it against the string of a double bass
E11jw TIL George Washington was on the Philippine 10 Pesos banknote
D11ae TIL the removal of Skymall magazines saved American Airlines an estimated $350K per year in fuel costs.
kKRd TIL A few days before delivering the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln saw John Wilkes Booth perform as a villain in a play at Ford’s Theatre. Someone told Lincoln, “He almost seems to be reciting these lines to you.” To which Lincoln replied, “He does talk very sharp at me, doesn’t he?”