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TIL Judge Judy earns $47,000,000 for 52 days work and her show draws upwards of 9,000,000 viewers a day.

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4XB0g TIL of Yasuke, an African who was the first foreign born samurai in Japan. He arrived in the country in 1579 with some Jesuit missionaries. He arose to become a confidant to Oda Nobunga. When he first came, hundreds of Japanese people turned out to see him; they’d never seen a black person before.
D1roP TIL that a village in India plants 111 trees everytime a girl child is born there!
KOGeJ TIL People started wearing pajamas, originally spelled “pyjamas,” instead of nightgowns so they’d be prepared to run outside in public during World War I air raids in England.
v1xMj TIL The "Sarco" is a 3D-printable suicide machine designed by Dr. Philip Nitschke. The machine uses liquid nitrogen to operate and completes its function within 5 minutes. The only way to control the machine is from the inside, making the whole process voluntary.
vYj TIL that Sherman Hemsley was a fan of progressive rock bands like Yes