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TIL that 16 US states let more than 2,700 companies pocket some or all of its workers’ income taxes without having to notify the workers, diverting more than $5.5 billion dollars from public purposes for private gain in the last two decades.

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Meb9V TIL King Charles II escaped Cromwell's forces by hiding in an oak tree. It is commemorated by Royal Oak Day in England on May 29th. The oak tree has since been destroyed by tourists who wanted a piece of the tree in the 17/18th century, but a son tree is in its place
ADLll TIL that blue pigment does not exist in nature (with the exception of the obrina olivewing butterfly). Everything else, including flowers, is due to some kind of light reflection.
OaMg TIL In 1893 an amendment was proposed to rename the US to the United States of Earth.
gYBL TIL: No other species, including our own, is responsible for the loss of as many human lives each year as mosquitoes
lKG1 TIL that Facebook engineers originally wanted to call the “Like” button the “Awesome” button.