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TIL the average prison wage in the U.S maxes out at 52 cents per hour

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1a1d TIL that when someone tickles you, the laughter is a panic response. That’s why you can’t tickle yourself, as your body never senses any real danger.
l7ElV TIL that farm raised salmon are not naturally“salmon” colored. They are grey and are given astaxanthin to make their flesh closer to the color of wild salmon and appetizing to the consumer
788kP TIL during WWI, President Wilson recruited "Four Minute Men" - 75,000 volunteers gave 4-minute public speeches nationwide to encourage patriotism and participation in the war effort. An estimated 7.5 million talks were given to 300+ million listeners (in a nation of 103 million) in just 18 months.
gRP9 TIL that cake mixes used to not require the addition of an egg. Women felt guilty for getting more credit than they deserved for just adding water to mix, so they stopped using the product. When the mix began requiring the addition of an egg, product sales soared.
VMDe8 TIL the passenger pigeon once had a population of 3-5 billion birds in North America. Hunters killed tens of thousands of them every day, then ignored calls to protect them when their numbers dwindled, until the last wild one was shot and stuffed in 1902, and the last captive one died in 1912.