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TIL the highest-paid US federal employee is the CEO of the Tennessee Valley Authority, who makes 14 times as much as the US president.

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BrZ8L TIL that astronauts lose as much as 22% of their blood while in space, as a reaction to the uniform blood pressure caused by microgravity. Until their body replaces this blood, many returning astronauts can't stand for more than a few minutes without fainting.
vLwB TIL that when the American Civil War started, Confederate Robert E. Lee owned no slaves. Union general U.S. Grant did.
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