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TIL The bottom 5% of Americans are richer than 68% of the world.

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4kD06 TIL of the complicated I Dig It tax loophole. It's an intentionally defective grantor trust, or IDGT, for short and allows for someone to decrease their estate with no gift or transfer tax consequences. The IRS has never blessed the loophole but it says its powerless to stop it.
4Xe8o TIL that in the 80s, businessman Armand Hammer bought a significant portion of the company that makes "Arm & Hammer" products simply because people kept asking him about the name
al00 TIL Although 227 minutes long, Lawrence of Arabia film has no women in speaking roles. It is reportedly the longest film not to have any dialog spoken by a woman.
69PAl TIL - Breast Implants Can Be Claimed As A Tax Deduction (Only Fans Etc)
RX06 TIL that Dustin Hoffman’s aunt warned him “You can’t be an actor. You are not good-looking enough.” When discussing ‘The Graduate’ (1967), his first starring role, 'Life’ magazine joked that “if Dustin Hoffman’s face were his fortune, he’d be committed to a life of poverty”.