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TIL In 2018 Apple Inc became the first company in history with a market cap over $1 Trillion. Just two years later it had already doubled to $2 Trillion.

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E1dMw TIL In 1907, J.P. Morgan (70 yo). summoned dozens of the leading financiers to his private library and ordered them to contribute to a $25 million pool to stop the financial crisis the country was going through. he locked them in the library the whole night until they agreed on his plan.
5VrXp TIL that the original version of the novel “The Neverending Story” was printed in two colors: Red ink for events in the real world, green for events in Fantasia. One reviewer called it “a good buy… unless you suffer from red/green colour blindness.”
R7mXQ TIL that a painting by Rembrandt, one of the greatest Dutch artists in history, was stolen in 1990 and has never been found. The painting depicts one of Jesus Christ’s miracles where He calmed the storm when it threatened to drown Him and His disciples while they were on a ship
16QeX TIL Cats favorite music is generally Mozart or classical musical songs with a slow-paced melody.
mxb6E TIL Food trucks can be called "Roach Coach" when they are run down and in disrepair