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TIL In Washington State (and likely others) teachers are exempt employees and can legally be paid a salary of $0.00 per year.

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gM4x4 TIL in 2018, the US hit a record high of never-married adults. 35% of Americans ages 25 to 50 had never been married, compared to 9% in 1970.
8eaQa TIL The first powered flight was achieved by the Giffard dirigible, which on 1852 flew 17 miles in around 3 hours. It was steam powered
l7B5r TIL about Ken Fritz, an audiophile that spent close to 30 years developing in his home what he and others consider the worlds greatest stereo sound system and listening room that boasts 35,000 watts, nine-foot-tall speakers, and a 1,500-pound turntable.
Wka8A TIL During the Vietnam War, an Army aviator scored an air-to-air kill by shooting down a MiG from his fixed-wing Mohawk observer aircraft. The kill was kept secret since U.S. military doctrine stated that the Air Force has sole control of air superiority.
R4Ra TIL when the current King of Thailand was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the hospital room in which he was born was declared Thai territory for the duration of the birth so that he could be born on Thai soil