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TIL that the US government paid an average of $1.8 million to the families of the victims of 9/11

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Lk8mm Today I learned that Bill Nye (of Science Guy fame) invented a hydraulic component used on the 747 airliners, and holds three patents for other inventions.
DQ0QY TIL In 2005, former Mexican President Vicente Fox said that Mexicans do jobs "that not even blacks want to do."
LjbZ TIL that the word “Quiz” was created by a Dublin theatre proprietor made a bet that he could make a nonsense word known throughout the city, and that the public would supply a meaning for it.
PjQn TIL the real-life Captain Sobel, from Band of Brothers (David Scwimmer) shot himself in the 60s and died of malnutrition in the 80s. No services were held for his death.
E1QkP TIL Botswana's currency is named Pula which literally means "rain" in their official language. This is because rain is very scarce in Botswana — home to much of the Kalahari Desert — and therefore valuable and a blessing.