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TIL Bill Gates and Warren Buffett went to lunch together at McDonalds. Warren paid, and had a coupon

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J1Y1k TIL that 40% of Finnish POWs captured by the Red Army during WWII died in captivity.
8akKK TIL Of The Ma’nene Festival: An Odd Tradition Practiced in Indonesia Every Three Years where they dig up their deceased loved ones and dress them up in nice clothes. It’s believed to bring them good luck
0d0M TIL The ‘Most Interesting Man in the World’ played a redshirt in Star Trek (TOS) and SURVIVED THE WHOLE EPISODE.
x5J1 TIL that in 1140, when the Weibertreu Castle was defeated by King Konrad III, the women of the castle were granted free departure and allowed to take what they could carry. Thinking quickly, the women carried the men on their backs. The king kept his word and let the men live.
nWmPd TIL the Choose Your Own Adventure books were invented by a single father and a lawyer named Edward Packard. He came up with the idea while telling bedtime stories to his kids