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TIL Norway has the largest single sovereign wealth fund in the world, at $1.6 Trillion in assets. Larger than the sovereign wealth funds of China, Saudi Arabia and the UAE

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L1mZ TIL that the aluminum “gear” recently found in a 300 Million yr old piece of Russian coal is not the first ancient artifact of the type discovered.
ENLx TIL that the Baby Boomers were nicknamed the “Me Generation” due to their perceived narcissism.
ANwpl TIL Zhang Shuhong was a Chinese businessman who committed suicide after toys made at his factory for Fisher-Price (a division of Mattel) were found to contain lead paint
YlQd TIL that humans’ closest relative, Bonobos, have a peaceful female-run society where sex is used to resolve conflict. They “make love, not war.”
0K5y TIL Robert Downey Jr. was able to return to the big screen after his drug addicted past because Mel Gibson paid his insurance bond for the 2003 film The Singing Detective after no one else would insure him on a movie set.