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TIL that if it were not for the vacuum in space, the roaring of the sun - which would equate to roughly 100 decibels (the equivalent to a chainsaw's volume in close proximity) - would leave all us Earthlings deaf within the course of a day.

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KO9A6 TIL Nigerian Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti released an album titled "Zombie" in 1976 that criticized the Nigerian government. As result, they murdered his mother and destroyed his commune.
rRBkx TIL A 14-year-old boy was gang-raped by inmates during a judge-ordered visit to a prison for the Scared Straight program in the 1970s.
o4pE TIL that a public defender, Travis Williams, tattoos the names of every defendant whose case he lost in court on his back. He is up to six.
mxLgO TIL: Thanks to the National Labor Relations Act, an employer cannot prohibit their employees from discussing their salary or wage levels with one another.
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