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TIL and I read about Ginkgo Avenue, Meiji Jingu Gaien Park

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vwDD TIL the Facebook co-founders were required to pay a huge amount of taxes when Facebook went public. It was around this time one of the five Facebook co-founders Eduardo Saverin renounced his U.S. citizenship and moved to Singapore. He avoided paying $600,000,000 in taxes.
xvx5 TIL that in Libya under Gaddafi, electricity is free, all newlyweds receive $50,000 by the government to buy their first apartment, and if a Libyan is unable to find employment after graduation, the state would pay the average salary of the profession as if he is employed until employment is found.
eyO6 TIL when the United States was fighting in World War 2, they asked Mexicans to cross the border to work agricultural jobs.
KYL19 TIL The performer of the "Amen break" which is one of the most sampled drum breaks in popular music with over 1000 samples, died homeless and destitute without receiving any royalties.
ne457 TIL most people who have cars with built in GPS use their phones for directions.