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TIL that Rolex is a private non-profit company. Its owned by trust which is run by custodians who do not benefit finically. Rolex profit is either re-invested in the company or donated to charities in Geneva.

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yWAX TIL Thomas Paine was condemned to be guillotined in the French Revolution. He survived because the prison officers marked the wrong side of his cell door by mistake, and didn’t notice when it was closed
vyp7 TIL The Tyrannosaurus Rex Lived closer in Time to the Moon Landing than it did to living with the Stegosaurus
jNwWN TIL the Pentagon has worked behind the scenes on over 800 major movies and more than 1,000 TV titles. If there are characters, action or dialogue that the DOD don’t approve of, a film-maker who uses military equipment has to make changes to accommodate the military’s demands.
ooJL TIL that Tom Cruise saved the American release of ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ by endorsing it at a buyer screening, launching the careers of Guy Ritchie, Matthew Vaughn, and Jason Statham in the process.
OoLmX TIL: An extinct bird came back from the dead. The white-throated rail was flightless and got completely wiped out when the island sunk below the sea around 136,000 years ago. But, the same bird re-appeared when sea levels fell again a few thousand years later, and again lost the ability to fly.