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TIL the median income of people in the U.S. who describe themselves as full-time authors is just $20,300 when including all book-related activities

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5jep TIL that after stepping on her trainer’s head, Mary the Asian elephant (also known as ‘Murderous Mary") was hanged from a crane until death. It was later discovered that she had an infected tooth, and the unqualified trainer had prodded it, which caused her to react.
wogVW TIL that from the 1940s through the 1970s, all Ivy League colleges and Seven Sisters colleges (as well as Swarthmore) required all incoming freshmen to pose nude ostensibly to gauge the rate and severity of rickets, scoliosis, and lordosis in the population.
ZXZo TIL mother’s day was officially made a holiday in 1914, so this year is the 100th anniversary.
epE8k TIL that Henry Patch, briefly the oldest man in Europe and the last surviving soldier known to have fought in WW1, died aged 111 years, 1 month, 1 week, and 1 day
QN8X6 TIL the 1959 Epic Movie "Ben-Hur" was such a huge box office hit that it generated another $20 million from merchandising, including books, toys, candy, perfume, neckties, jewelry, gowns, chariot-shaped tricycles, and "Ben-Her" and "Ben-His" bathroom towels.