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TIL Billionaire Libertarian Mark Cuban Pays More Than he is Required in Taxes Because, “It’s the most Patriotic thing you can do.”

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M7M78 TIL: Women in WW2 used to draw lines down the back of theirs legs to mimic having stockings on. This was because of nylon rationing. The usual paint was often "gracy juice"
NXObJ TIL James Rothschild is a double heir, to both Rothschild and Guinness fortunes
l7gwN TIL: Women are 73% more likely to be seriously injured in a car accident, as crash test dummies are modeled after men. The first "female" dummy was made in 2011, and was only 4′ 11″ and weighed 108 lbs. - representing just 5% of women.
Egkdo TIL that a dog by the title "Stout's Pal Pierre," was the first ever dog to walk a tightrope. He was an American Eskimo Dog and was part of the Barnum and Bailey circus.
mxG1p TIL in 1965. 6 boys from a catholic school were shipwrecked on a deserted island named 'Ata after a storm took their stolen boat out to sea for 8 days. They found the ruins of Kolomaile, a 19th century village in a volcanic crater, surviving off feral chickens, wild taro and banana for 15 months,