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TIL that the former CEO of Coca-Cola, Roberto Goizueta, was the first person to become a billionaire by being an employee and not a company founder (or heir).

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P1j7V TIL, in 2015, a USAF AC-130 Destroyed A Médecins Sans Frontières Hospital Killing over 40 People But No Independent Investigation Was Carried Out For The Warcrime
OGvN7 TIL that the Spoon-billed Sandpiper is one of the world’s rarest birds, with only about 443 mature individuals left in 2024. It migrates from northeastern Russia to Southeast Asia, but the loss of coastal wetlands along its route is driving the species toward extinction.
MxmW TIL that there are at least 22 cat statues scattered about the city of York on top of buildings and houses. They are thought to have been put in place as far back as the early 19th century. Residents personally decorate these statues and the cats are said to protect the residents of the city
GY95j TIL Theodore Roosevelt as a child, watched Lincoln’s funeral procession pass by his house. His admiration for Abe was reinforced later in life when he met John Hay, who was Abe’s secretary. Hay gifted a ring that contained Lincoln’s hair to Teddy. Teddy then wore the ring on his inauguration day.
VM0xQ TIL when Richard Feynman was in the State Curriculum Commission of California, he found out that some members of the committee which was responsible for choosing which books are used in public education had given a rating to not only unfinished, but completely blank textbooks [Page 173]