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TIL that the term “scot-free” was actually absorbed into English from the Norse word “skattefri”, which means “without tax”.

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rlgd TIL that after needing 13 liters of blood for a surgery at the age of 13, a man named James Harrison pledged to donate blood once he turned 18. It was discovered that his blood contained a rare antigen which cured Rhesus disease. He has donated blood a record 1,000 times and saved 2,000,000 lives.
vwDD TIL the Facebook co-founders were required to pay a huge amount of taxes when Facebook went public. It was around this time one of the five Facebook co-founders Eduardo Saverin renounced his U.S. citizenship and moved to Singapore. He avoided paying $600,000,000 in taxes.
6YWJ TIL That Naturally Occurring Ice Is Technically A Mineral
woyW TIL that German-Americans form the largest ancestral group in the United States, and comprise 17% of the population
9wybm TIL: Orcas live in matrilineal families