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TIL in 1983, a German newspaper paid 3.7 million dollars for copies of Hitler’s diaries. They were authenticated by an expert. They were later found to be poor quality forgeries.

by whatilearned September 5, 2022, 8:36 pm

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I do a lot of naked modeling, but I never get paid for it.

by cringeyjokesman August 29, 2022, 1:49 am

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(Serious) How DO you respectfully tell an employer you need to be paid a little more than you’re making, in order to stay afloat, without negative consequence?

by QuestionGuy August 25, 2022, 4:53 pm

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Which jobs you wouldn’t do even if you were paid 100$ per hour?

by QuestionGuy August 25, 2022, 1:27 am

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TIL in 1994, the family of 13-year-old Chris Kirkland made a bet that one day their son would play for Team England, with a bookie giving them 100-1 odds. The bet paid off in 2006, when the goalkeeper played for England in a match against Greece, with the family making £10,000

by whatilearned August 22, 2022, 1:21 am

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TIL that the creators of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles paid homage to Marvel’s Daredevil with several similarities between the two comics series and even managed to sneakily have their origin stories overlap, despite not being published by Marvel Comics but by Mirage Studios.

by whatilearned August 19, 2022, 10:19 pm

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TIL that in 1933-34, with immense pressure on banks, the city of Detroit printed their own banknotes to allow employees to be paid, as well as utilities.

by whatilearned August 16, 2022, 4:47 pm

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TIL some of the acts at Woodstock weren’t paid very much. Jimi Hendrix and Blood, Sweat & Tears were highest paid at $18,000 and $15,000 respectively – but at the low end acts like Joe Cocker ($1375), Santana ($750), and Melanie ($750) were payed much less. Sha Na Na was only paid $700!

by whatilearned August 16, 2022, 2:28 am

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I shouldn’t have paid a guy to rape a pigeon.

by CopyPastaArchive August 15, 2022, 12:17 pm

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I paid the guy to rape the pigeon

by CopyPastaArchive August 14, 2022, 10:47 pm

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I was paid to rape a pigeon

by CopyPastaArchive August 14, 2022, 11:22 am

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Americans, how do you survive with only two weeks of paid vacation ?

by QuestionGuy August 14, 2022, 6:42 am

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