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TIL that Steve Jobs would lease the same model of Mercedes every six months so he wouldn't have to put license plates on his car

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11EP TIL that in 1987, FBI agent Robert Hanssen was tasked by his superiors to find a mole within the agency after the FBI’s moles in the KGB were caught. In reality, he was the mole, working with the KGB since 1979.
NJRM TIL that Kazakhstan is the country that export the most Uranium in the World
xVrO0 TIL about the Mount Rushmore of Romania, the Rock sculpture of Decebalus carved between 1994-2004
rRWL4 TIL the one liner, "Why Do We Drive on Parkways and Park on Driveways?" seems ironic because the terms predate automobiles. Way means path, park means scenic natural space, and drive means short private road.
N78lM TIL that Ralph Lauren's real name was Ralph Lipschitz.