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TIL The Commonwealth of Australia is registered as an American company.

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Ypb6B TIL There is a theorem inspired by the division into slices of a pizza, presented in 1967 and still under study today.
KOAXa TIL John F Kennedy once had a 2 year long affair with beauty queen and actress Inga Arvad, even coming very close to marrying her. The relationship ended when Joe Kennedy discovered Ms Arvad had another man in her life- the one and only Adolf Hitler- and was under FBI surveillance as a result.
eDQD TIL Bill Murray once got lost in the jungles of Bali on a motorbike. He was later found putting on an impromptu show with all of the locals of a small village in attendance, even though he didn’t speak Balinese.
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5Y0DR TIL of Da Shuhua, a Chinese tradition tossing molten iron onto cold bricks to create a dazzling light show.