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TIL Volkswagen was created on the direct orders of Adolf Hitler

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8XgG TIL that AOL still has 2.4 Million paying monthly subscribers. They made AOL $196 Million last quarter which accounts for one third of their overall revenues.
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rRGrw TIL that in the UK, The National Lottery hunts for winners of unclaimed Lottery prizes, but in the U.S. they let it expire after one year without putting in effort to search for the winner.
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