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TIL that of the top 20 richest women on Earth, only 1 is self-made.

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Eg6bP TIL Burger King once came out with a wine to pair with it's Whopper!
VMKeG TIL that the "grandfather's house" in the poem "Over the River and Through the Woods" was a real place
DQoQr TIL A Japanese researcher took his own life after his research revealed the presence of Fireblight in native pear trees, resulting in a government cover-up and him being blamed by farmers for their lost revenue
D1Wg TIL on August 20th, 1191, during the Third Crusade, Richard the Lionhearted’s Christian Army had the Muslim-held city of Acre surrounded. When the besieged could not meet the gold payment for terms of surrender, Richard’s army slaughtered 3000+ bound prisoners in full view of the opposing army.
QgbE TIL that there was a real team of Jewish assassins who hunted down Nazi war criminals to avenge the Holocaust.