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TIL that the ratio of CEO pay to average worker is 475:1 in the United States. It is 11:1 in Japan and 12:1 in Germany.

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G41G TIL In 1989, the Australian youth radio station Triple J played the song “Express Yourself” by NWA on continuous loop for 24 hours (360 times in a row) while the station went on a protest strike against censorship of NWA’s song Fuck Tha Police
WynL TIL *NSYNC’s “I’ll Never Stop” is the best selling cassette single of 2009, 2010, and 2011, selling 24 copies, 13 copies, and 11 copies respectively.
6nVX TIL L. Ron Hubbard won the Ig Nobel Prize (an award for achievements that make people laugh) for his book Dianetics, a canonical text in Scientology often referred to as “Book One.”
4koe5 TIL it easier to get investors and start your own game company than it is to get an entry level position with a computer science degree.
gaOA TIL that servers rarely spill drinks or trays because they are trained to not look at what they’re carrying, but where they are going, because the body is naturally able to keep things level.