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TIL I learned that over 76% (~$13b) of money lost in the Bernie Madoff Scandal has been recovered and paid back to investors

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7rWwp TIL that the old man that fixes Woody in Toy Story 2 is named Geri, and is actually a character from a previous Pixar short, Geri's Game
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