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TIL Moscow has more Billionaires than any other city in the world, beating out New York City and London

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gMAJ7 TIL that Marthe Richard, a French prostitute, was the 13th woman to hold a piloting license, a spy during WW1 and the legatee of Rockefeller Foundation's financial director. After WW2 she started politics. A law named after her outlawed prostitution in France and 1,400 brothels were closed.
kOLxd TIL that Switzerland does not have a capital by law, and it is in modest city of Bern, not Zürich, where the Parliament meets.
81vb TIL for the 1997 Ellen “coming out” episode, many advertisers (including Wendy’s - permanently) pulled out from the show, and ABC added a parental advisory to all future episodes
P1VgL TIL that after the 9/11 attacks, a Maasai village in a remote region of Kenya donated 14 cows to US Diplomats as an expression of sympathy.
x6pa5 TIL New Zealand is the only country that’s allowed to put Hobbit-related images on their currency