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TIL that an 800 sq. mile region on the border of Egypt and Sudan, Bir Tawil, has a terra nullius status, meaning no country claims the land and has no laws.

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69Xv7 TIL that Ranch dressing was invented in Alaska, by a plumber trying to keep his employees satisfied with his cooking
woywP TIL All 3 of Antoine Greizmann’s (French soccer player) kids were born on the same day but in different years. 8 April 2016, 2019 and 2021.
VMLL4 TIL that when company CEOs like Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg took only $1 in yearly salary, it wasn't necessarily an altruistic move, but rather it is more tax-efficient (for example 35% vs. 15%) to receive compensation in ways that are taxed as "capital gains".
e0n6b TIL about the Oakland Buddha, placed by a resident on a street corner to prevent illegal dumping, the statue has now become a shrine for the local Vietnamese population who leave offerings and have even built a shelter for the Buddah. Crime in the area dropped 82%
epwjE TIL of the La Garita Caldera. A super volcano that had an eruption 5,000 times more energetic than the explosion of the largest bomb ever created by humans, the Tsar Bomba.