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TIL That Paul Newman’s company Newman’s Own donates all after tax profits to charity. Over $430 Million and counting.

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8m9Z TIL The waves created by a moving body in water, be it a duck or a ship(called feather waves) are always at an angle of 19.47 degrees to the direction of motion, irrespective of the speed
xMPB TIL, Bill W., the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, was so notorious for cheating on his wife with attractive women who attended sobriety meetings that his colleagues later started calling this type of lechery the thirteenth step.
NrVQ TIL the Nepal government now charges $25,000 USD to climb to the upper base camp of Mount Everest.
wLbWM TIL that dogs take the alignment of the earths magnetic poles into consideration when figuring out where to poop.
KyVJ TIL a biology professor extracted yeast from a 45 million year old insect trapped in amber and brewed beer from it.