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TIL - Louisianan’s corporate tax breaks are bad for the people.

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neLjo TIL that Maine, not Florida, is the closest US state to Africa.
GAeQj TIL Joseph Goebbels (Nazi minister of Propaganda) funded the development of a low-cost Radio ("Volksempfänger", the “people’s receiver”) which delivered State-Run "news" directly into the homes of German citizens. It was a "vital element of success" in the spreading Nazi ideology.
Xj5X TIL that billionaire Dmitry Itskov created a non-profit organization called the 2045 Initiative, where they want to make people immortal by adding human intelligence into artificial bodies by the year 2045.
D1ZWv TIL Al Capone was one of the first civilians to receive penicillin for treatment. However, it was already too late to cure his syphilis by that time.
0d0Dp TIL in 2005, Joaquin Phoenix flipped his car. He heard someone tell him to "just relax". Phoenix replied, "I'm fine. I am relaxed." The man replied, "No, you're not." The man then stopped Phoenix from lighting a cigarette while gasoline was leaking into the car cabin. The man was Werner Herzog.