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TIL not only is Judge Judy the highest paid TV star in the world, but she makes around 20 million more then Jon Stewart! (48 million compared to 25-30)

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NXGRP Today I Learned that almost all brands of modern e-cigarettes and vapes being sold are owned by the big tobacco manufacturers. Revenues from from these are increasing (10's of billions $), more than making up for lost sales of people giving up cigarettes.
woKP1 TIL that there are more than 160 endangered languages in the United States alone. In addition to many Native American languages, Cajun French, Eastern Yiddish, and Martha's Vineyard, Hawaii, and Plains Sign Language are all endangered.
yVBLJ TIL about Keynesian beauty contests. The economist John Maynard Keynes reckoned stock markets were like beauty contests - instead of selecting the most beautiful contestant, judges tend to pick the one they think other judges are likely to pick.
kORBW TIL: some people earn a living by diving into sewers to collect tiny specks of gold that are accidentally brushed into the open sewers that run alongside the narrow streets of Dhaka's historic gold bazaar.
vvEx TIL because they had banned nuclear power, New Zealand refused to let US warships dock in their waters. This led to a ban on NZ ships at U.S. defense and coast guard bases around the world, and being considered “a friend, but not an ally” for 26 years.