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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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xMWb TIL that declawing a cat amputates a joint and is illegal in most countries
4XEgb TIL when Nolan Ryan pitched a no-hitter against the Detroit Tigers & struck out 17, Norm Cash brought a white table leg to the plate instead of a baseball bat. The umpire told Cash he could not use it, to which Cash responded, “Why not? – I won’t hit him anyway!”
AD9B4 TIL Paper toilet seat covers are permeable and offer no protection against germs and bacteria
KObEB TIL One of the most popular street sellers of the 1800s was the cats' meat man. He sold horse meat to feed cats. In the 1860s, there were 300,000 cats in London alone. To feed them, 26,000 horses (maimed or past work) were slaughtered each year. The seller cried "Meat, meat!" Cats ran to the street
mxmoO TIL Female brown trout will fake 'orgasms' when courting with inferior males. She'll give all the right visual cues as if about to release eggs for fertilisation, but doesn't; the male will frantically ejaculate, not notice he's been duped, and swim away.