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TIL TESLA is the only car manufacturer in the US whose workforce is not represented by a union

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Y7p4W TIL the no photography rule at the Sistine Chapel is a result of the company who paid for the restoration wanting exclusive rights to the media, and not to protect the artwork itself specifically.
ADEv7 TIL studies done by online stockbrokers where they analyse the results achieved by their clients found that the ones that did the best were those that had died (and the category that did second best had forgotten their log in details).
4QLg TIL that in WW2 during calls to see if a safe house was convenient to visit the person answering would reply “no, I’m too busy.” If the safe house had been captured and taken over they would reply “yes, come on over.”
oBZNo TIL that in the 60’s 15 children were split up from their biological twin/ triplet for a study on nature vs. nurture and 20% of them committed suicide
l71VV TIL if Greece restores their royal family, the monarch would the Crown Prince Pav́los. He is a direct descendant of Queen Victoria and Spanish, Danish and Swedish Kings. He is currently lives in New York City and runs a hedge fund.