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TIL Ikea is the largest charity in the world, and being a non-profit means they pay just 3.5% in tax instead of the 18% rate they should be paying.

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oBrW8 TIL Shoplifters were using self service checkouts to scan expensive fruit and veg as carrots at a major UK supermarket chain. They were only discovered when the supermarket noticed they had sold more carrots than they’d ever had in stock.
neE9W TIL of The Testimony of Truth, a 4th century Gnostic manuscript that tells the story of The Garden of Eden from the point of view the serpent, a gnostic symbol for divine wisdom and knowledge, in which it depicts God as jealous and the villain in the story.
4XLyJ TIL in 2004, an R-rated director's cut of Daredevil was released, reincorporating 30 minutes, including a subplot involving a character played by Coolio, and it received critical acclaim from critics and was considered a massive improvement over the theatrical version
g0B9 TIL of Hans Münch, an SS physician who refused to assist in the murder of inmates at Auschwitz. He was the only member of the SS at Auschwitz acquitted entirely, mostly due to hundreds of inmates testifying in his favor.
EdQW TIL in 1993 Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders recommended that the Government study the idea of legalizing drugs and suggested that doing so might reduce violent crimes. She was fired about a week later by President Clinton.