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TIL Astronauts only get paid about $70,000 starting out

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pYmkO TIL Chile has its own 9/11. On 11 September 1973, Augusto Pinochet, Minister of War at the time, gave the order to bomb La Moneda to kill the Chilean President Salvador Allende. They could've just got in there and killed him with a gun but they decided to bomb the place. Insane
Xgmj TIL that Johnson & Johnson has hired a transgender teen to be the new face of Clean & Clear
4W6N TIL Norway started building a “highway for bees” in 2015. The bee-friendly corridor in Oslo passes through places where bees like to both live and feed, and features feeding stations.
6EeKW TIL The use of a melamine sponge (Magic Eraser) will whiten teeth and remove stains more effectively and less invasively compared to a conventional toothbrush while reducing the risk of re-staining.
N7LVP TIL On average, the sun rotates on its axis once every 27 days. However, its equator spins the fastest and takes about 24 days to rotate, while the poles take more than 30 days