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TIL Cuban family winery uses condoms during fermentation process

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NpLP TIL from 1987 to 2008, corporations paid an average of 22.5% in U.S. taxes. Since the recession, this has dropped to 10% – even though their profits have doubled in less than ten years.
KOnB4 TIL that despite Diogenes' notoriety for philosophical stunts, including his exchanges with Plato and Alexander the great, the philosopher has no surviving written works. Considered to be one of the founders of cynicism, Diogenes is said to have written 10 books, 7 tragedies and a volume of letters.
N7PJN TIL that during WWII, the US Navy discharged gay sailors at Treasure Island in San Francisco. This helped make SF both a refuge and a major travel destination for gay men.
KORl9 TIL There is a phenomenon that occurs to 5-10% of sunburn victims called “Hell’s itch” or “suicide itch” which causes an excruciating and maddening itch.
YpN8Z TIL of Dean Cyril Reed, who was nicknamed the Red Elvis. In the 60s Reed was the best-selling Western performer in the Socialist countries, and often criticizer of US politics. In 1986, he was found dead under suspicious circumstances.