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TIL that employers prefer not to hire or promote short employees and that they do not adequately compensate them. According to various studies, controlling for other variables, every inch of height is worth hundreds of dollars in annual income.

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9VDp TIL Apollo 12 was struck by lightning twice during lift off.
dD9j7 TIL of Porfiro Rubirosa, one of the world's biggest playboy, who was romantically involved with the daughter of the dictator of his country, the queen of Iran, and the two richest woman at the time and many other women.
R7v94 TIL of the "Lost Battalion," 211 Texas Guardsmen that were surrounded in the Vosges Mts. in 1944. They were saved by the Japanese-American 442nd Regiment, which suffered over 800 casualties while effecting the rescue. Veterans of the 442nd were later made "honorary Texans" in 1962.
GA7RG TIL Just two weeks before the 1892 U.S. Presidential election, First Lady Caroline Harrison died. The voters were unsympathetic and Benjamin Harrison lost re-election. Their daughter Mary served out the term as First Lady.
op0o TIL the $614 billion bailout has been completely repaid and the US government has made over $50 billion profit from dividends and interest to date.