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TIL Bill Gates was already the world's richest man even before Windows 95 was launched

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jbmQ TIL Cleopatra’s tomb may have been discovered by a self-tought archaeologist, in a location long dismissed by professionals.
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epmLL TIL on July 20 1322, a woman named Clemencia Pentyn raised an alarm when she saw that her husband, John, was preparing to hang himself. A group of neighbours came to his rescue, which escalated to an altercation. The suicidal man survived, but ended up murdering one of his rescuers during the brawl
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