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TIL in 1985 there were 13 billionaires in the US. Today there are over a thousand.

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rNKjx TIL Moses Fleetwood walker is historically credited with being the first Black man to play in major league baseball in the 1884 season.
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Y7yVW TIL Isaac Newton was extremely religious, and he rejected the Trinity.
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xVBl7 TIL that while there are many theories for the origin of life, most of them fall into 1 of 4 kinds: 1) Supernatural event, 2) Life arises all the time, 3) Life has no "beginning," 4) Improbable chemical event.