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TIL taxi drivers in Cuba make 40 times more than doctors do

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D179v TIL a blind and partially deaf man regained his sight and hearing when he was struck by lighting while out chasing his pet chicken
lo4w1 TIL that comedian Redd Foxx, known as the "King of the Party Records" and star of the 1970s sitcom "Sanford and Son," influenced comedians including Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, Pat Morita, and Jamie Foxx, who chose his professional surname as a tribute.
5YjV8 TIL Fruit flies are considered model organisms to understand human alcoholism. Also, after extensive binge drinking males are known to engage in homosexual behavior
a86Eo TIL today in 1895, the Japanese violently slayed Empress Myeongseong (aka Queen Min) of Joseon Korea. She was an intelligent woman and the most important reformist in Joseon court. Western historians later describe the act "unspeakably barbaric"
69LBW TIL Tolkien and CS Lewis hated Disney, with Tolkien branding Walt's movies as “disgusting” and “hopelessly corrupted” and calling him a "cheat"