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TIL the president of Cameroon, Paul Biya, is 92 years old and has been in office since 1982.

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MvB0 TIL Joe Pesci’s Oscar acceptance speech is one of the shortest of all time at 5 words. He said: “It’s my privilege. Thank you.”
8aAnL TIL napping after a learning session leads to significantly better recall rate of the learned material one week later
Rbvj TIL Andrew Carnegie, JP Morgan, and John D. Rockefeller combined had a net worth over 1 trillion in today’s dollars.
WkoAA TIL that in 1667 the Dutch were given the rich, nutmeg producing island of Run in the Pacific by the British. In return the British were given a swampy backwater island: Manhatten.
GYlAg TIL that the Statue of Liberty cost the French an estimated $250,000 (more than $5.5 million in today’s money). The money came from fundraising efforts such as auctions, a lottery, and boxing matches, both in Europe and the U.S.