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TIL that the highest paid state employee in 39 states is either a college football or basketball coach

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VMwlp TIL Where the Wild Things Are was originally titled Where the Wild Horses Are. The title changed because the author, Maurice Sendak, didn't know how to draw horses. When asked by his editor what he could draw, he said "things" and "things" is what he drew.
R77Ol Vaccination is underway for the 2017-2018 seasonal flu, and next year will mark the 100-year anniversary of the 1918 flu pandemic, which killed roughly 40 million people.
R7xM4 TIL sharks have been around MUCH longer than trees
neYY TIL that performing whales and dolphins at SeaWorld are force-fed antidepressants to reduce their likelihood of suicide.
Alnw TIL That all British soldiers shot for desertion and cowardice in World War I were posthumously pardoned. In modern times it is believed that many of the soldiers were suffering the effects of shell shock. They are remembered by the Shot at Dawn Memorial.