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TIL a Russian equivalent of “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch” is “Catch the bear before you sell his skin”

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XENp8 TIL That every stockholder has the right to obtain a copy of a companies register or shareholder list which is a list of all shareholders and their holdings, that a company must record. The process depends on which state the company is incorporated.This is the same in the UK.
D1k4p TIL that Singapore has a mandatory capital punishment for drug dealers
lYAa TIL that in 1916 an amendment was proposed to the Constitution that all acts of war would be put to a national vote. People voting yes would have to register as volunteers for service in the United States Army.
AXQa TIL Bob Dylan’s guitar from the controversial 1965 concert where he “went electric” was missing for almost 50 years. After it was found and authenticated, it sold at auction in 2013 for a record-setting $965,000.
69yv7 TIL In the 1950s, Mr Potato Head originally used real potatoes. In the 60s government regulations affected the sharp pieces needed to stick into the potatoes, leading to the introduction of the plastic head. This caused parents to no longer finding rotting food under their children’s beds.