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TIL Halliburton once tried to patent patenting

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YlyW TIL in 1926, Agatha Christie vanished without a trace. Thousands of volunteers helped search, along with planes in the sky, and dogs on the ground. After 11 days, a musician recognized her at a hotel, where she was living under a fake name. Christie died without ever having explained her absence.
xk6B TIL Jaffa Cakes avoided paying UK value added tax by presenting a giant Jaffa Cake to the court proving they were, in fact, cakes and not biscuits
KOZj9 TIL that the most popular entertainment among the inmates in Guantanamo Bay is The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
4k9rb TIL cars at the turn of the 20th century were more aerodynamic in reverse. They learned this after Chrysler hired Orville wright to create a wind tunnel for them
rNXre TIL Olympians live 5 years longer on average than the general population