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TIL Swiss researchers found that out of 37 million companies, 147 firms control 40% of global wealth and 737 control 80%.

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Ad0o TIL Stephen King’s fictional town of Castle Rock was inspired by the fictional mountain fort of the same name in Lord of the Flies, in turn inspired the name of Rob Reiner’s production company, Castle Rock Entertainment, which produced the film Lord of the Flies (1990).
YwbW TIL that Craigslist - headquartered in a simple house in the Sunset district of San Francisco - had a net income of some $500 million in 2016
Lkjk0 TIL That dogs were banned in Reykjavík, Iceland for 6 decades
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