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TIL that Stephen Girard, one of the wealthiest men in American history, personally saved the U.S. government from financial collapse during the War of 1812.

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kJJEm TIL The flag of the East India Company was nearly identical to the original flag adopted during the American Revolution. In fact, there is a theory that this was intentional, as some saw the company as sharing grievances with the American colonies against the British Empire
6KEm TIL that America’s Got Talent top prize of one million dollars is paid out over 40 years!
ZlLY TIL Wellington R. Burt, 1831-1919, did not leave his $100,000,000 estate to his children. His will had a “spite clause” which specified to wait until all his children and 21 years after his last grandchild while he was still alive had died. The estate was settled in 2011.
VM918 TIL that the high land ownership inequality in the UK is still a consequence of the Norman invasion almost 1,000 years ago, when William the Conqueror made all the land in the country his and then distributed it to his allies