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TIL: If someone reports their company for tax evasion in the U.S., he or she will receive 15% to 30% of the amount collected.

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VBAQ8 TIL The International Ice Patrol was founded in 1914 in response to the Titanic sinking to report the movements of icebergs in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. It stills exists to this day.
4Xv8b TIL Both Handel and Bach were blinded by a quack oculist named John Taylor, who travelled around Europe in a coach decorated with eyes and later died blind himself.
jNY8a TIL the majority of Lamborghini models are named after Spanish words and 3 Lamborghini models have been named in honour of matador-killing fighting bulls
gbb4 TIL of the “Tiffany Problem”. Tiffany is a medieval name—short for Theophania—from the 12th century. Authors can’t use it in historical or fantasy fiction, however, because the name looks too modern. This is an example of how reality is sometimes too unrealistic.
ANPRo TIL that deaf children who are heavily exposed to Sign Language in early life will become better readers of written English than those who are not.