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TIL that Rolex is owned by a non-profit trust which gives Nobel type cash awards for worthy innovative business ideas.

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NRN6 TIL that the show ‘Deadliest Catch’ is bad for competition in the Bering Sea Fishing industry. The subsidies all the boats in the show receive allows them to undercut or break even with their seasonal catch.
b6Ygp TIL actor Christopher Lee released a heavy metal Christmas album
OKZ6 TIL Lay’s WOW chips caused anal leakage in some customers; and Lays were required to put Warnings on their labels because of this.
WDWB TIL of Hitler’s “Supergun”: the V-3 cannon was designed to launch shells over 100 miles (165 km) to bombard London from bunkers on the French coast.
ADRD7 TIL: Chase Bank and J.P. Morgan & Co helped Germany in WWII by allowing Nazi sympathizers to purchase Marks (known as Rückwanderer) with dollars to fund the war effort. The banks also turned over their client lists to the Nazis who in turn used it to recruit spies in the US.