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TIL Bill Gates' full name is William Henry Gates III

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rN6r1 TIL that in 2012 between 6-70 teenagers in Iraq were killed because they dressed in an ‘emo’ style
LQEBr TIL that in 1942, Manhattan Project needed 5000 tons of copper, which was in short supply; to avoid delays, it borrowed 430 million troy ounces of silver from US Treasury to be used in magnets. The silver was fully returned by 1970 as the equipment was decommisioned.
xVkQ7 TIL Singer Sinead O’Connor revealed she was a victim of the Magdalene Laundries scandal. She caused worldwide controversy by tearing up a picture of the Pope on live television.
dDm5B TIL George Harrison released a critically panned electronic album years before The Beatles broke up
Em4o TIL that the person who designed Star Wars’ Darth Maul was instructed to make Maul “a vision from your worst nightmare”, and based the original design on an actual nightmare he had. When he presented the design to George Lucas, Lucas shuddered and told him “Give me your second worst nightmare”.