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TIL that Ray Dalio launched Bridgewater Associates in his apartment in 1975, and by 2013, it became the largest hedge fund in the world.

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yVbrJ TIL in 1900 William Schmidt, a gold miner, began hand-digging a half-mile tunnel in the Mojave Desert to transport ore for processing. After 20 years the ore could easily be transported on a new road, but Schmidt spent another two decades years finishing the tunnel, which was never used.
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