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TIL - "Philanthropist" Robert F. Smith was involved in the largest tax evasion case in US history. He "willfully failed to report" over $200 million in income and he signed a nonprosecution agreement. He paid a fine of $139 million and cooperated with investigators.

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rEJ1 TIL American poet and activist Alice Dunbar Nelson was rejected by both the white and the black society because white people found she was “too black” and black people found she was “too white”.
WEmL TIL that Elvis Presley was obsessed with Karate and even used his skills to fight off 4 attackers who came at him during a show.
b9XAQ TIL in 2015 Robert Rodriguez and John Malkovich filmed the movie "100 Years" sealed in high-tech vault for a century, it premiers in 2115.
oB1dL TIL A man shaved his beard on Tinder to see how his results would change. The beard profile received more matches (64 out of 94) and generally received twice as many matches from white women as the non-beard profile. More Asian women preferred non beard
VM08Q TIL in 1809 Theodore Hook made a bet that he could make any house in London the most talked-about address in a week. He sent out 1000s of letters in the name of Mrs Tottenham of 54 Berners Street, requesting deliveries, visitors, and assistance. A large part of London was brought to a standstill.