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TIL that Samsung is the largest privately-owned company in the world, with its $305 billion revenue equivalent to 17% of South Korea's GDP

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nQl9 TIL that “Cotton Candy” is called “Fairy Floss” in Australia, “Grandma’s Hair” in Hebrew, “Father’s Beard” in French, “Ghost’s Breath” in Afrikaans, and “Girl’s Hair” in Arabic.
oRYnr TIL the CIA committed a coup in Australia against a democratically elected prime minister in 1975.
W5xN TIL for the film Dogma, Jason Mewes memorized not only his own dialogue but the entire screenplay, because he “didn’t want to piss off that Rickman dude”
m1d1x TIL in 1998, Sony had the opportunity to acquire the rights to nearly all of Marvel's characters for $25 million. However, they chose to only purchase the rights to Spider-Man for a mere $7 million, citing that "no one cares about the other Marvel characters."
ogvL TIL That if you randomly selected two people in Papua New Guinea, there would be a 99% chance the two would speak different languages.