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TIL that professional Santa top earners are up to $500/hr and that Santa Schools exist for certifications/training

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RBa7 TIL that the Nazi salute looked almost identical to what was, at the time, the salute to the American flag. The USA changed the salute in 1942 after the Nazis adopted it.
Z8vyQ TIL that Henry Allingham, one of the last surviving veterans of WWI and one-time oldest man on earth, was called away from eating lunch to design the key countermeasure to Nazi magnetic mines - he did this in only 9 days. He attributed his longevity to "cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women."
ZDea TIL the Tsar Bomba, the single most physically powerful device ever used by mankind, caused windowpanes to be partially broken at distances of 900 kilometres (560 mi).
AXGw TIL that Thai prisoners are released early if they take part in special kick boxing matches against foreigners
mx7Xo TIL "We have the technology to totally fill Twitter, email, and the web up with reasonable-sounding context-appropriate prose, which would drown out all other speech and be impossible to filter." Jeremy Howard