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TIL: In the US Asians earn 17% more than Whites.

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LQW50 TIL that in 60+ years of human spaceflight, only 675 people have been in space(by the USAF definition of flying at least 50 miles or 80 kilometres high)
16vEX TIL Taco Bell started out as a hot dog stand called Bell's Drive-In in 1948.
BgxLL TIL that some tribes in Ethiopia view pregnant women as "corrupted by evil sprits." When the mothers are about to go into labour, they are sent out into the wilderness alone to deliver their own child in order to purify themselves
J1JKQ TIL that at the time of the French Revolution the majority of people in France did not speak French. It is estimated that at the time of the French Revolution in 1789, only half of the population of France could speak French, and as late as 1871 only a quarter spoke French as their native language.
EgG5p TIL a Chinese factory taken over by unsupervised workers during the Cultural Revolution paid workers even if they didn't come to work. By the time someone was sent to investigate because of subpar products, almost all equipment was broken or stolen, and only 4% of the workers were still working.