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TIL That the Dutch East India Company was the most valuable company in history. Worth 78 Million Dutch Guilders, adjusted to dollars it was worth $7.4 Trillion.

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oBRdE TIL (through NPR) that Gary Erickson, the owner of Clif Bar & Company, didn't name the iconic energy bar after his passion for rock climbing, but rather his father, Clifford.
rDLw TIL Alabama’s constitution is the world’s longest in-use constitution, with 892 amendments. Most deal with local county-level matters, as state power is heavily centralized, and cover things like a single county’s school taxes, court fees, or bingo games. Also, Amendment 693 is inexplicably missing.
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