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TIL that companies in America will outsource call center duties to prisons. The prisoners make $0.92 per hour to handle calls.

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RVp7 TIL that in 1978 a lone pilot flying in Australia reported to air traffic control that he was being accompanied by an aircraft above him. Asked to identify the aircraft, he radioed “It isn’t an aircraft”. His plane disappeared and has never been found.
9YybX TIL that magenta is a color that doesn’t actually exist in nature.
XKr TIL that Prince is a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and occasionally knocks on people’s doors to discuss his faith.
RLYl TIL the Scottish town of Dull has formed a “trinity of tedium” with the towns of Boring (USA) and Bland (Australia)
D1aaJ TIL that Halle Berry earned a extra $500,000 to flash her breasts in Swordfish.