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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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XEwBP TIL Hugh Jackman was a last minute fill-in for the role of Wolverine in the X-men movies. Dougray Scott was originally cast for the role, but had to back out when Mission Impossible 2 needed more shooting time and Tom Cruise wouldn't let him leave the set.
0d8MA TIL In 1833, Britain used 40% of its national budget to pass the Slavery Abolition Act. The British government borrowed £20 million to compensate slave owners, but nothing was paid to the enslaved people themselves. The loan was one of the largest in history and wasn't paid off until 2015.
M7EE8 TIL of Abu Zubaydah, a detainee of Guantanamo Bay for over 20 years. He has never been charged and has been tortured, including being waterboarded 83 times in one month
95lB TIL that Bob Marley’s father, Norval Marley, was a white English man. Working as an overseer on a Jamaican plantation, he impregnated the singer’s African mother when he was 60 and she was just 17 years old
W77ko TIL The beer riots in Bavaria happened in 1844 after King Ludwig I of Bavaria, Germany decreed a tax on beer. Crowds of urban workers beat up police while the Bavarian army showed reluctance to get involved