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TIL Google purchased the domain name Gmail.com from Garfield Comics.

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yVdv8 TIL in the US there was an Italian and Jewish mafia conglomerate called the NATIONAL CRIME SYNDICATE, and its enforcement wing was called MURDER, INC
Vaym TIL that the Jeddah Tower, which is currently under construction in Saudi Arabia and will be the tallest building in the world upon its completion, is being constructed by the Saudi Binladin Group, which is owned by the family of Osama bin Laden, who destroyed two of the world’s largest buildings.
p5rA TIL that around 90% of East Asians are lactose intolerant, which explains why Chinese food doesn’t contain cheese.
1aD7d TIL there is a restaurant in tiny Union CT that gives books away to every person that dines there.
P4gZ TIL a young Richard Branson had his flight to the Virgin Islands cancelled, so he chartered a private airplane. Not having enough money to do so, he picked up a small blackboard, wrote “Virgin Airlines $29” on it, sold tickets for the rest of the seats, and used that money to pay for the ride.