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TIL Warren Buffet bought controlling stock of Berkshire Hathaway to fire the president because of a personal grudge. Buffett estimates this cost him $200b over 45 years in lost investments.

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Lawr TIL. China wants to give all of its citizens a score – and their rating could affect every area of their lives .
kOWbg TIL Deinocheirus, a dinosaur with no teeth, swallowed rocks to help digest its food
ZVbp TIL that a sheep’s wool never stops growing and it can actually roll over on its back from the weight and die of starvation
gB99 TIL Khadijah Williams, homeless girl went to Harvard. She attended 12 schools in 12 years; lived out of garbage bags among pimps, prostitutes and drug dealers. She was accepted to more than 20 universities before choosing Harvard.
yVLVJ TIL NASA has a fully fleshed plan for establishing a permanent base on Venus, made in 2015 and codenamed HAVOC the plan calls for the creation of floating stations 50km from the surface of Venus