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TIL That when Oprah gifted cars to her entire audience, she refused to pay the taxes on the gifts, hence only allowing people willing to pay the gift tax (up to ~10k) to walk away with a car.

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kDDm TIL when Stalin’s first son was captured, Hitler offered to trade him for Friedrich Paulus, a field marshal who led the 6th army into Stalingrad. When Stalin heard of this, he allegedly said, “I will not trade a Marshal for a Lieutenant.”
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