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TIL the average bachelor's degree holder earns $1.2 million more over their lifetime than someone who only has a high school diploma

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R5nva TIL The standardization of industrial farming has led to a 75% drop in crop genetic diversity.
MZbm TIL that there is a complete ban on women, and even female animals, entering the peninsula of Mount Athos in Greece, due to the peninsula being home to 20 monasteries
M7Ow0 TIL there are only 3 places in the world which follow the GMT + XX:45 timezone: Nepal, Eucla in Australia, and Chatham Island in New Zealand.
PZNO TIL of the battle of Saragarhi, where 21 Sikhs decided to fight to death against 10,000 Afghan invaders
wLndJ TIL, Elvis Presley wanted to record "I Will Always Love You". Dolly Parton was interested until Presley's manager told her that she needed to sign over half of the publishing rights to the song. She refused. This decision helped her make millions of dollars in royalties from the song.