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TIL Anne Frank’s father attempted to seek asylum in the US.

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VBBn8 TIL — In US taxes, there is no minimum age to sign a tax return.
yQgle TIL the 'Rabbit' temple in Taiwan, the world’s only shrine for homosexuals which dedicated to a deity who has watched over homosexuals for four centuries, attracts nearly 9,000 people each year.
8eYj4 TIL a man noticed a loophole in a lottery called Winfall. When the jackpot hit $5m & had no winner, it was split between those who matched 3, 4 & 5 numbers. If he spent $1,100 on 1,100 tickets, he'd have 1 four-number winner & 18 three-number winners, earning $800 profit. He netted $7.75m over 9 yrs
p8LJe TIL the word rooster was coined by English colonial protestants in the 1700s as an alternative to the word cock, in order to avoid the vulgar connotations. Until relatively recent times, this was primarily an Americanism, with most of the English speaking world still using cock for a male chicken.
gWRb TIL the longest coma ever recorded is 37 years and 111 days.