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TIL 30 Major U.S. Corporations Paid More to Lobby Congress Than Income Taxes from 2008-2010

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D1kVg TIL that chimney sweeps use to use live geese to sweep chimneys.

MMlK TIL- Seth MacFarlane was a writer for Dexter’s Laboratory and Johnny Bravo

gMZ07 TIL over half of all the world's cobalt comes from the Congo, much of it mined by children and slaves, and is a crucial ingredient in all lithium-ion batteries, especially electric car batteries and clean energy storage, and is often classified as a conflict mineral.

KOkAR TIL some lab employees at CERN, the largest particle physics laboratory in the world, carried out a “prank” where they staged a human sacrifice in front of their statue of shiva

Wk8Jo TIL automaker AMC and pants-maker Levi's collaborated on a 1974 Gremlin. The Gremlin's upholstery was made from synthetic materials that looked like real denim (cotton is too flammable for use in car interiors), complete with stitching, Levi's tags, and copper rivets.