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TIL A group of elephants is called a “memory”.

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xr65 TIL that Rolex & Tudor are owned by Hans Wilsdorf Foundation, which is registered as a charitable foundation and saves on Swiss taxes. But their spokesperson declines to say what evidence is available to confirm that the Wilsdorf Foundation makes charitable donations!
PYXlw TIL The woman killed in the Gare Montparnasse accident was filling in for her husband at his newspaper stand
pYdme TIL that we can never travel at the speed of light according to our current understanding of the physics of the universe because to travel at speed of light, we would need infinite amount of energy which is not possible. Quite a revelation after watching 100s of sci-fi movies.
4XWrJ TIL that the country with the highest annual gambling spending per capita is Australia ($1200). Afterwards come Singapore ($1100), Ireland ($600), Canada ($570), Finland ($560), Italy ($517), Hong Kong ($500), Norway ($448), Greece ($420), and Spain ($418)
P1nNG TIL ‘sacred’ cats in Ancient Egypt were routinely drowned as kittens or had their spines broken to be used as sacrifices and agricultural fertilizer