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5vpp TIL the University of California pays its coaches more than they do their Nobel winning professors–on average, three times more than the system’s full-time Nobel laureates.
mxy1R TIL the Crusaders planned to finance the Fourth Crusade by stopping first in Constantinople, to assist in a coup. When they were not fairly compensated by the new Byzantine Emporer, they seized control of the city and surrounding territory. Establishing the short-lived Latin Empire (1204-1261).
R7j9w TIL in 2019 Zimbabwe spent £118,000 on 64 judges' wigs from a London based company
8eVY8 TIL Ejection seats are extremely dangerous but life-saving as a last resort. It subjects pilots to forces up to 20G, risking spinal compression fractures, neck injuries, and blast exposure. Roughly 30% of ejections result in significant injury, and fatalities occur in about 7% of cases.
J1r78 TIL of Pre-Code Hollywood, a period between the invention of sound in films and creation of the MPA, which produced socially-progressive and anti-capitalist films in the 1920s before Republican & Catholic-led censorship