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TIL that Jeff Bezos earns over 2400 USD per second meaning it would barely worth his while to stop and pick up a hundred dollar note.

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D14Lp TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger made his first million dollars in real estate during the 70s, years before starring in his first movie.
P1L6L TIL that children were protected for the first time from overwork at the factories only in 1833, with UK’s Factory Act which prohibited the employment of children under nine, limited their working hours, and insisted they should receive schooling.
4xJ5 TIL Anderson Cooper has no formal training as a journalist and interned at the CIA before taking up the profession
jMrX TIL Egyptian women would urinate on wheat and barley seeds to find out if they were pregnant. They could even tell if it was a boy or girl.
0k7R TIL that astronauts can’t cry in space because of the weightless environment. The tears just collect in little balls and sting your eyes.