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TIL about Andrew Carnegie, the original billionaire who gave spent 90% of his fortune creating over 3000 libraries worldwide because a free library was how he gained the eduction to become wealthy.

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grdr7 TIL That Hitler paid his respects to victims of America's largest (at the time) non-nuclear explosion when over 300 children & teachers died in New London
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4vvN TIL the ancient Egyptians used the urine from a pregnant woman to germinate seeds to determine the sex of the child. If barley sprouted first, then it was to be a boy. If wheat sprouted first, then it was to be a girl.
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