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TIL: There Are Only 25 Blimps on Earth

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l75WN TIL that billionaires can avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes by starting companies in specific census tracts
4kK8R TIL that J.M.W Turner once had himself tied to the mast of a steamboat in order to experience a snow storm so that he could paint it. This is what inspired his work Snow Storm - Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth.
QJaPM TIL Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping studied abroad in Paris at age 16 as well as in Moscow later on. He worked in a Renault plant, factories, and developed two lasting passions in France -- one was for croissants; the other was for communism
wojlM TIL that peacocks, specifically the male peafowl, are capable of flight, but their flying abilities are limited compared to many other bird species.
JYgV8 TIL the founder of Mother's Day, Anna Jarvis, hated how commercialized the holiday had become. "A printed card means nothing except that you are too lazy to write to the woman who has done more for you than anyone in the world."