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

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69dZl TIL The earth's circumference is roughly 40,000km because the metre was based off the circumference of earth. The metre was originally a ten-millionth of the distance from the North Pole to the equator, 1/4th of the circumference. Now a metre is defined by the travel of light in caesium frequencies
wLBmo TIL in pre-20th century European culture, red hair was commonly identified as the distinguishing negative Jewish trait. During the Spanish Inquisition, all those with red hair were identified as Jewish; and writers from Shakespeare to Dickens would identify Jewish characters by giving them red hair
gagD TIL actor Charles Durning, was in the first wave of troops to land on D-Day and the lone survivor of his unit, received eight stab wounds from a Nazi soldier, whom he killed with a rock in hand-to-hand combat, died 12/24 at age 89 [/r/tsis]
0dpgA TIL the Army of the United States is not the same as the US Army. The Army of the US is one of four components, also including the Regular Army, the Army Reserve and the National Guard. If you're drafted you go into the Army of the US, but it's been dormant since 1973.
xyr5 TIL that a LEGO brick can withstand 950 pounds of force before breaking.