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TIL Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin renounced his U.S. citizenship to avoid paying $700 million in taxes.

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6ED78 TIL Many cargo aircraft can be temporarially converted into passenger transport using "palletised seating". Seats come on individual pallets, just like how air freight is normally carried, and is easily installed in the same way too, without any physical modification to the aircraft.
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