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TIL that because of tax loopholes, Google has been able to get their effective tax rate down to 2.4%.

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v10v4 TIL the Catalina Islands, located off of California's coast, has a wild Bison herd thats existed for nearly a century.
e0x7g TIL a woman in 1984 was found to be able to switch on/off the two hemispheres of her brain at will. This resulted in being able to focus her efforts at relaxing/socializing/sexual or performing logical tasks such as work/math/writing.
5Y0pQ TIL Arnold Palmer's father taught both Arnold Palmer and Mister Rogers how to play golf
6ERNW TIL that that the iconic head character of Nintendo, Mario, was name after Mario Segale. A man who's kindness allowed a Nintendo warehouse to get back on its feet. Thereby going on to create the red and blue character we all know and love!
X0jkE TIL in 1745 Benjamin Franklin wrote a risqué letter, “Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress,” where he advised pursuing older women, arguing they were more grateful, better conversationalists, more experienced in bed, and that their “lower parts” aged better than their faces.