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TIL Richard Stallman, a software freedom activist and computer programmer, and creator of a good portion of GNU/Linux, has 15 honorary doctorates

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R7bWw TIL that Lady Gaga's stage name came from Queen's song "Radio Ga Ga". "One day when Fusari addressed a cell phone text to Germanotta under the moniker 'Radio Gaga' [and] his cell phone's spell check converted 'Radio' to 'Lady.' Germanotta loved it, and 'Lady Gaga' was born,"
Eb6x TIL Warren buffett made 99% of his income after he turned 50. At the age of 85, he is one of the richest man on earth having net worth $66.7 billion.
Oo5xa TIL that adult cats will meow at humans as cats don't meow at other cats. They have different ways of communicates to other cats verses humans.
4X44o TIL A man caught a baby that fell out of a window in Detroit in 1930. A year later, the baby fell again and the same man caught the baby again. The baby and the man were unharmed.
m1WPO TIL that in its first appearance at the Olympics, Suriname was represented by a single athlete, a runner who missed his event for arriving late to the heat after being given wrong information about the time.