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TIL that Warren Buffet submitted a $7 tax return when he was a teenager.

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x6PD5 TIL Jasper the Bear, beloved mascot of Jasper National Park in Canada, was the star of a very popular comic strip that ran from 1948 - 1972.
J1OJl TIL when fathers fight for custody, they are awarded partial or full custody 92% of the time.
ANGb7 TIL that some early Chinese munitions consisted of black powder in a bamboo tube along with a live rat. When fired toward the enemy, the flaming rats created great psychological ramifications—scaring enemy soldiers away and causing cavalry units to go wild
X0EWr TIL: In 1990s, some Chinese villages grew economically by widespread selling of blood, leading to many HIV deaths
OYXe TIL the U.S. is the only country that does not dip its flag to the host country at the Olympics opening ceremonies. When the U.S. flag-holder was asked to do so for King Edward VII at the 1908 London games, he supposedly responded, “This flag dips to no earthly king.”