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TIL that Casio got its start by its founder creating a ring that you could smoke a cigarette with

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44Go TILcolombian druglord Carlos Ledger had so much money. He offered to pay Colombia’s external debt. Not once but twice.
xVmG0 TIL that after the devastating volcanic eruption on Whakaari last year in which 21 died and 26 were injured, New Zealand ordered 1.2 million cm of human skin from the US to treat burn victims
bQbZ TIL Australia & New Zealand introduced long service leave in the 1860s, a 13 week vacation for every 10 years of work, to allow time to sail back to England, have a 3 week holiday, and sail back.
mxjE TIL That Clint Eastwood turned down a request to support George Bush Sr. during the 1992 Presidintial campaign He told an interviewer the next year, “I think what the ultra-right wing conservatives did to the Republicans is really self-destructive, absolutely stupid”.
9Grr TIL in 2011, a man found a penguin covered with oil and nearly dead. He was able to save its life. Every year since, the penguin swims 5,000 miles to meet and live with him in Brazil.