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TIL: The story of CEO of ZOOM video communications who earned 4 billion dollars in just three months.

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xVwGo TIL in most states of the US it is illegal to buy a car directly from the manufacturer. The sale must go through a car dealership. This car dealership system adds about 30% to the cost of the car.
x6Qpg TIL Trader Joe’s used to sell food under names like Trader José’s, Trader Giotto’s ,Trader Ming’s, and Trader Joe-San, but after a petition started in 2020 they’ve been since phasing them out
M7DL8 TIL: That the term "action figure" was first coined by Hasbro in 1964, to market their G.I. Joe figure to boys who refused to play with "dolls", a term primarily associated as a girl's toy.
4Z7b TIL a group of wombats are called a wisdom.
OWQY TIL That in 1957, South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond spoke for a record 24 hours 18 minutes to filibuster the passage of a civil rights bill. He took steam baths daily to dehydrate his body so he would not have to stop speaking to use the bathroom.