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TIL Many Rich people buy fine art to evade taxes

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awjdy TIL Walt Disney's First Business venture was a Studio called "Laugh-O-Gram Studio" based out of Kansas City, MO and it went Bankrupt in less than three years
16DGV TIL - About fluoroantimonic acid, it's the world's strongest acid and trillions of times more acidic than sulfuric acid
8a4VG TIL: When Lawrence of Arabia was killed in a motorcycle accident in May 1935, his doctor, Hugh Cairns, realized that his life might have been saved had Lawrence been wearing a helmet. Cairns introduced crash helmets for military dispatch riders, thereby reducing fatalities by 50%.
7JeX TIL in 1999 BMX legend Mat Hoffman flew to Canada to have his ACL replaced. He chose to do so without any anesthesia and even helped the doctor steady the drill as it went through the bone. He was walking and back on his bike 6 days later.
MpwK TIL that in 2015, Japan lifted its 67-year old ban on dancing after midnight