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TIL Paypal plans to create their own island in order to avoid taxes

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LkNKr TIL that there are as many as 800 languages spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city on the planet, and nowhere in the world has more than Queens, according to the Endangered Language Alliance (ELA).
x7Z0 TIL Ferrero uses a quarter of the worlds hazelnuts making Nutella.
eoZE TIL: The Democratic Donkey originated from opponents of Andrew Jackson, who they frequently referred to as a jackass. Jackson rolled with it and used the donkey on his campaign posters and the image has stuck since.
pGwZ TIL a frontiersman, known for eating the livers of his enemies, escaped his captures by cutting off the leg of his guard and using it as a weapon.
VLAB TIL that a bite from a common tick can cause a permanent anaphylactic meat and milk allergy in people.