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TIL that at the age of 31, Charlie Munger was broke, divorced, and had just buried his 9-year-old son who died from leukemia. Today, Munger is Warren Buffet's "right-hand man," a billionaire and says "Self-pity is not going to improve the situation...however bad it is, just fix it as best you can."

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mjeE TIL that as of 2008, TV show Top Gear had a waiting list of over 300,000 names, or 21 years worth of episodes
VMRVZ TIL that Hotmail used to be written HoTMaiL because it was designed to include the letters HTML.
woPoo TIL that, on August 27, 1853, Abraham Lincoln led a ceremony by the railroad tracks in Lincoln, Illinois to mark the founding of the new town named after him. Lincoln "christened" the railroad trackside with watermelon juice.
69eXw TIL That the thing dividing your groceries on a conveyer belt is called a spratchet.
klw1 TIL that groping is so common in Japan, signs warning of it are visible everywhere and train companies designate women-only cars where women can feel safe knowing they won’t be groped.