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TIL that auctioneers average a salary around $46,000 USD

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lKLN TIL That homeschooling is illegal in >25 countries, including Germany, Greece, Sweeden, Cuba, Brazil and Turkey
XaXX TIL Kinder Surprise eggs are illegal in the United States because of the potential hazard of a child choking on the toy. The fine for being caught with one is allegedly up to $2500.
m1G6O TIL that Ministry's Al Jourgensen shoved mini carrots up his backside and chased the members of Metallica around with them after Metallica barged into his dressing room and drank his beer. At Lollapalooza '92, he angrily stripped naked and humped Ice Cube on stage after Cube ALSO stole his beer.
W7p14 TIL that an iconic seventy-foot-tall monument in Sydney’s Hyde Park was initially a sewer ventilation system. The obelisk was unveiled in 1857 under Mayor George Thornton, and thus it became known as “George Thornton’s scent bottle”.
6rrw TIL Shia LaBeouf once said The Kingdom of Crystal Skull dropped the ball on Indiana Jones legacy. His relationship with Steven Spielberg had been ruined since then, with Spilberg saying to LaBeouf: “There’s a time to be a human being and have an opinion, and there’s a time to sell cars.”