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a8NZb TIL Bill Gates wrote his first book, The Road Ahead, in 1995. Gates predicted video on demand and computers that will fit in your pocket, and was optimistic about the rise of digital agents, how internet will affect the structure of cities
8ajKP TIL the deadliest animal on Earth is the mosquito and they kill around 725,000 people annually. Humans are the second deadliest, killing 475,000 and they are followed by snakes with 50,000 and dogs with 25,000. On the other end of the spectrum sharks only kill about 10 people annually.
Br4jr TIL that Rudolf Diesel, who invented the Diesel engine, committed suicide in 1913 because he didn't think his invention would be successful.