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TIL that the methods Mickey Goldmill used to train Rocky Balboa, were based on those used by Rocky Marciano’s trainer Charley Goldman.

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4kD06 TIL of the complicated I Dig It tax loophole. It's an intentionally defective grantor trust, or IDGT, for short and allows for someone to decrease their estate with no gift or transfer tax consequences. The IRS has never blessed the loophole but it says its powerless to stop it.
Zp4lG TIL February 22nd is National Margarita Day, a fictitious food holiday for Margarita lovers.
nk9o TIL - There are approx. 10 quintillion (that’s 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 for those who like actual numbers) insects on our planet - or roughly 200 million insects for each human.
n1KG TIL Einstein, a parrot with a vocabulary of about 200 words, gave a TED talk.
mxoJx TIL Edgar Allen Poe died mysteriously after having been missing for six days. Though still alive when he was finally found, he was wearing someone else’s cheap clothes and not coherent enough to tell where he’d been. He had disappeared en route to his own wedding.