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TIL Rolex is owned by a private foundation, registered as a charity and does not pay corporate tax.

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woVNW TIL 185 out of 210 examinees, or nearly 7 out of 8, passed Harvard's first entrance exam of 1869 and got accepted
GYee7 TIL Only 220,000 Paraguayans survived the 1870 Paraguayan War, of which 28,000 were male. In other words, the male population of Paraguay post-war was only 13%.
neQxG TIL that England experiences large spikes in power demand during half-time at football games due to widespread use of electric kettles
JV8V TIL that Microsoft had offered to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion in 2008. Yahoo rejected the offer stating it massively undervalued the company.
5YEeP TIL that Saturn has a moon that bears a striking resemblance to the Death Star from Star Wars. This moon, Mimas, wasn't observed in detail until the Voyager spacecraft captured photos in 1980, three years after the release of the first Star Wars movie.