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TIL that Eli Whitney’s cotton gin is short for “cotton engine”.

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VMpnD TIL: Researchers examined more than 1,000 decisions by eight Israeli judges who ruled on convicts’ parole requests. Judges granted 65 percent of requests they heard at the beginning of the day’s session and almost none at the end. Right after a snack break, approvals jumped back to 65 percent again.
DQ58Y TIL ESPN credited "social media sleuthing skills" with helping shape the league's investigation in the Houston Astros sign stealing scandel.
PbWn TIL that in 1942, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT introduced a bill in which raised the marginal tax rate for salaries exceeding $25,000 (after tax) to 100%, thereby limiting salaries to $25,000 (about $361,000 today). CREATING A MAXIMUM WAGE.
Vw9Q TIL that Charles Manson ran a crime ring that turned stolen VW Bugs into Dune Buggies
a8oPM TIL that there used to be a Middle Eastern neighborhood in Manhattan from the 1880s to the 1940s. The neighborhood was demolished to make way for the entrance ramps to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and later the original World Trade Center