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TIL Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft all employ the same tax avoidance strategy.

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D15Qg TIL Tori Amos taught herself to play piano at the age of 2, and started composing at the age of 3. She was admitted into the Peabody Conservatory at the age of 5, but lost the scholarship six years later, reportedly due to her dislike for using sheet music and interest in rock and pop music.
160jW TIL There is a gene (ced 9) that prevents apoptosis (cells committing die) and now I’m wondering what happens if that gene does work
aw7yZ TIL that over 90% of the ocean's plastic waste comes from just 10 rivers, 8 of which are in Asia, and 2 of which are in Africa.
PYPLJ TIL in 1941 the owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles NFL teams swapped franchises, meaning all players relocated and the teams were renamed. Despite the 1940 Eagles and 1941 Eagles being completely different teams, the NFL considers them one unbroken entity.
kPJW TIL the head of Columbia Studios had Sammy Davis Jr. kidnapped by the Mafia to keep him from marrying a white woman.