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TIL that, due to a pilot shortage, Chinese airlines are paying airline pilots $300k a year, tax free

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D1bOr TIL That the Twinkie diet study, which aimed to prove that only calories mattered for weight loss, was secretly (at the time) funded by Coca-Cola.
LQD9r TIL that "The Men's Underwear Index (MUI)" is a lighthearted economic theory suggesting a link between men's underwear sales and economic health.
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