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TIL The Walton family has given away about 2% of its net worth to charity, Bill Gates is giving away 48% of his net worth, and Warren Buffet 78% of his net worth.

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nemLB TIL that the modern day American flag concept was created by a 17 year old for a school project. He received a B- and was told if congress accepted the flag, his grade would be reconsidered. When congress accepted the flag’s concept, the teacher then changed his grade to an A.
wRKo TIL that male puppies will let female puppies win when playing. Even if they have an advantage, just to keep the game going.
16r94 TIL That Supermassive Black Holes also have a habitable zone where planets can form
EgVmx TIL Hatshepsut, who depicted herself as a male pharaoh to establish herself in the Egyptian patriarchy, was one of the most prolific builders and oversaw a period of great prosperity and peace during her 20 years of reign
NXeDP TIL the Space Shuttle Enterprise's Computer 2 failed on the first flight test because of bad soldering, showing that the redundancy of the backup computers worked properly.