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TIL Bill Gates continued to fly coach until 1997, at which point his net worth was $36 billion.

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9YrlD TIL that the great age of Caribbean piracy began in 1522 when French corsair Jean Fleury captured two Spanish ships on their way back to Spain from the new world, plundering more than $30 million worth of Aztec gold.
kJYPm TIL that the trench coat was developed by Burberry for WW1 combat
4YKa TIL that when the Soviet embassy in Ottawa, Canada caught fire. The Soviets tried to take out the fire themselves and not call the fire department. When the fire department arrived the Soviets would not let them in. Eventually, they let them in only after the Soviets removed sensitive documents.
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