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TIL that many species of spiders can fly through the air with a technique called ballooning

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d5ed TIL that around 60% of publicly traded companies in the US are incorporated in Delaware, where they enjoy tax-haven like benefits without having to go offshore. There’s also one building that serves as the legal address of more than 200,000 companies, amongst which include KFC and Coca Cola.
DYJr TIL that Saddam Hussein, while held captive by US forces, was repeatedly forced to watch “South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut”, which shows him as gay, as well as the boyfriend of Satan
l7JA7 TIL In 1886 William Ellsworth Robinson, an American Magician assumed the Asian inspired persona of Chung Ling Soo, dressed in traditional Chineese attire, pretended to not speak English & faked a marriage to an Asian American to fool European audiences. He later died during a failed Bullet Catch Act
QJx4e TIL Number systems, such as tallies marked into clay or wood, predate the invention of writing (and the beginning of history) by over 35,000 years!
8GyG TIL that by 2008, Top Gear had gotten so popular that the waiting list for tickets for a recording had more than 300,000 names. Or 21 years worth of episodes