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TIL 70% of Americans hate their jobs.

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JYe64 TIL Chuck Feeney, founder of Duty Free, secretly gave away his $8 billion fortune over many years. He does not own a car or a house. He rents an apartment and has roughly $2 million left to support him through his retirement.
KYGRB TIL when “Star Wars” officially debuted in theatres on May 25th, 1977, George Lucas was so busy approving the film’s advertising campaigns that he forgot the film opened that day. That same evening, he went out for dinner in L.A. with his wife and saw crowds lining up to see the movie.
4JQ5 TIL that Stephen Hawking is the only person who has portrayed himself in Star Trek. Specifically, in a poker game between Hawking, Einstein, Newton, and Data.
oyDL TIL Thylacine (aka Tasmanian Tigers), which were hunted to extinction because people believed to them to prey on farmers’ sheep and poultry, had jaws so weak that they couldn’t kill anything larger than a possum.
ExDd TIL that the highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.