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TIL after legendary banker J.P. Morgan died in 1913 with a net worth of "only" $80M, John D. Rockefeller said "and to think, he wasn't even a rich man".

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l7G7N TIL Saddam Hussein's son Uday murdered his bodyguard at a party in front of horrified guests
rROBo TIL The term slush fund was originally a nautical term: the slush was the fat or grease skimmed from the top of the cauldron when boiling salted meat. Ship officers would sell the fat to tallow makers, with the resulting proceeds kept as a slush fund for making small purchases for the ship's crew.
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g7QW TIL: Katrin Himmler, grandniece of SS Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler, has NOT refused to have children to end her great-uncle’s bloodline. She believes the idea of good or evil being passed through bloodlines is itself a reflection of Nazi ideology.
gM9Q8 TIL about eight-year-old Christian McPhilamy. He endured bullying as a result of him deciding to grow his hair out long in order to donate it to kids who lost their hair as a result of cancer.