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TIL socialist Karl Marx, frequently cut off from money by his parents, was supported financially by his Dutch uncle Lion Philips. Two of Lion's grandsons used that wealth themselves to found the Philips Electronics company, still worldwide-known today. Karl used that wealth... differently.

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8aR8a Til that Robin Williams killed himself due to rapidly approaching dimentia, not simply depression.
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bEY4 TIL Liam Neeson used to be a teacher but got fired for punching a 15 year old boy when he pulled a knife out in class
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