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TIL Japanese businessman Masayoshi Son lost the most money in history. In just a few months, his net worth plummeted from an all time high of $76 billion to an all time low of $1.1 billion.

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JYMK8 TIL Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, devised a WWII plan to plant false info about the Allies’ next attack on a dead man, drift him at sea, and hope he’d be found by Nazi sympathizers. Operation Mincemeat worked, turning the tide for the Allies, who stormed Italy while the Nazis defended Greece.
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