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TIL that the NFL and the PGA Tour are considered 501©6 non-profit organizations and don’t pay income tax

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WkkY4 TIL that once or twice a week, employees at the Israeli airport collect “lost” balloons from the arrivals hall and take them to childrens’ hospitals around the country.
kl7m TIL a man named Russell Jones, an art director from Park Slope, Brooklyn, received numerous phone calls from Wu-Tang fans who thought he was Russell Jones aka Ol’ Dirty Bastard. One time, Jones received a phone call from Method Man himself, who asked to speak to “Dirty”.
R79M7 TIL in 2015 Tbillisi, Georgia was flooded. A result of flooding was the destruction of the Tbilisi Zoo, leaving half of its animal inhabitants either dead or on the loose. An escaped African penguin was found at the Red Bridge border crossing with Azerbaijan, having swam 60 km south from Tbilisi.
6EP5m TIL Coco Chanel made sun bathing fashionable. Historically exposure to the sun had been the mark of laborers and a milky skin used to be a sure sign of aristocracy. Chanel took in the sun, making suntans not only acceptable, but a symbol denoting a life of privilege and leisure.
ZpJdG TIL that Hermione Baddeley's role in the film "Room at the Top" scored her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She only appears in the film for 2 minutes and 19 seconds. Making it the shortest performance to be nominated for an Oscar.