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TIL: Jeff Bezos is worth 131 Billion Dollars. 1 million seconds is 11 days, 1 billion seconds is 32 years, 131 billion seconds is 4,192 years. If Bezos had a dollar for every second he would have started at 2,200 BC during the end of the old kingdom of ancient Egypt up until now.

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j6jbj TIL The summit of Mount Everest is not the farthest point on Earth away from the Earth's center. The summit of Chimborazo, a volcano in Ecuador, holds that designation due to Earth's slight equitorial bulge.
e0Xg4 TIL Larry Bird was once bored so he played against the Portland Trailblazers with his left hand; he finished the game with 47 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists.
mM1x TIL JJ Abrams was going to go to Film School but went to an academic college on his father’s advice, “it’s more important that you go off and learn what to make movies about than how to make movies.”
kXW TIL that you is the formal version (like “Sie” in German or “lei” in Italien) and “thou” the informal version (like “Du” in German or “tu” in Italian). That makes English one of the most polite languages ever (repost after 2 years)
9YKoM Today I learned about a "Cat Organ", a hypothetical musical instrument which consists of a line of cats fixed in place with their tails stretched out underneath a keyboard so that they cry out when a key is pressed.