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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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b4m4 TIL it only takes eight pounds of household lye (sodium hydroxide) three hours to fully dissolve a human body.
eMn5 TIL that Kyoto was originally at the top of the atomic bomb target list during WW2, but was personally removed by U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson. He had previously been to Kyoto on his honeymoon.
6lgX TIL that there are more museums in the U.S. than there are Starbucks and McDonalds combined
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