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TIL Why an Internet Tycoon Purchased a Book for 1.5 Million Dollars | To Give It Away For Free! | Leading Philanthropist Buying Rarest Books on The Planet for Outrageous Prices

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Lkx4Z TIL Re-Animator writer/director Stuart Gordon was the one who originally pitched Honey, I Shrunk the Kids to Disney
KY4a TIL The highest paid hedge fund manager made $3 billion last year. That’s just under $1.5 million dollars an hour.
epanJ TIL Germany sent out 12 dismantled V2 Rockets to Japan during WW2.
ervE TIL: The King of Norway is 73rd in line to the British throne.
EAZd TIL that to decide who would become the monarch of the Persian Empire (44% of world population), six nobles decided on a test. They were to gather outside the palace, mounted on their horses at sunrise, and the man whose horse neighed first in recognition of the rising sun would become king.