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TIL From 1978 to 2013, CEO compensation in the US, inflation-adjusted, increased 937 percent, and the typical worker’s wages rose 10 percent.

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1aRad TIL that George Washington Carver's research into uses for peanuts was motivated by a desire to help poor sharecroppers in the South. At the time, the overproduction of cotton was depleting the soil of nutrients, and the boll weevil infestation threatened to destroy cotton crops.
LAM0 TIL in 1967 The Outer Space Treaty was signed, creating a framework and laws as to what governments can and can’t do in space
Z8YkG TIL Sean Connery once beat up four men single-handedly for giving some girls a hard time in a club, while Michael Caine held his coat
d5l8 TIL: The Disney company created the myth of Lemming suicide, in the documentary “White Wilderness”. In reality they were pushing them off the cliffs for the footage.
l7vGN TIL Djibouti is the capital of Djibouti, and it has more people than the rest of Djibouti combined