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TIL The original name of the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation was the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health

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loWXV TIL that Japan has spent $600 Million protecting two rocks that are apart of the coral reef Okinotorishima because it gives Japan a 200 nautical mile (370.4 km) exclusive economic zone (EEZ) around the atoll.
kJkPE TIL Cornelius Vanderbilt had an estimated worth of $105 million ($2,885,531,250 in 2022 dollars) at the time of his death in 1877
ADrj4 TIL The last Prime Minister of Great Britain to die in office from influenza was Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham, in 1782
grMmD TIL Batman The Animated Series was drawn on black paper to make the city/atmosphere feel dark
8eK7b TIL that according to The World Health Organisation’s standards, Australian homes are on average colder than homes in Finland, Greenland, and the United Kingdom during the winter season