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TIL the inventor of the bitcoin system is of unknown identity. He has never revealed his real name and no one has ever seen him. As of 2017, he owns $2 billion USD in bitcoin.

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0dRY1 Today i learned it was a Greek/Canadian who invented pineapple on pizza. His name was Sam Panopoulos.
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