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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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pY4p4 TIL that cities in New England often had a plot of land dedicated for people who didn’t own land. They are known as “poor farms”. Some of them still exist today and are established by towns as land that must be used for charitable purposes.
ANrJo TIL that North Korea is the country with the most active soldiers per 1,000 people (almost 50 soldiers per 1,000 people), the US has 4 per 1,000 people.
WkN6d TIL 40% of millennials believe they'll never own a house.
l7O0G TIL the Japan Series (baseball) has been contested every year since 1950. The Central League champion has won 37 times and the Pacific League champion has won 37 times.
pLWG TIL Two brothers once sold a fake Goya painting for €1.5 million, only to later find out that all the money was counterfeit