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TIL the UK equivalent of the dollar store is called "Poundland".

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EGnV TIL Rolex is owned by a private foundation, registered as a charity and does not pay corporate tax.
nWk8o TIL Abraham Lincoln had a cousin who served in the Confederate Army as a private named Abraham B. Lincoln. He deserted from the confederate army in 1864.
M70ma TIL of "gas bag" vehicles developed during the gasoline shortages of the World Wars. They used 'town gas', a by-product of the process of turning coal into cokes.
kKl5 TIL the US gov has held a stockpile of 1 billion cubic meters of helium since 1925. This is due to post WW1 fear that we may run out of helium in case of blimp warfare.
6EoBJ TIL that AOL distributed so many CDs that at one point half of the CDs manufactured worldwide had AOL logos on them.