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TIL that when Bill Gates was given the privilege to write a class scheduling algorithm for school, he put himself in classes with a “disproportionate number of interesting girls”

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kPpe TIL that a meteorite exploded over the Mediterranean in 1999. Had it occurred a few hours earlier on the same latitude, it would have triggered a nuclear war between India and Pakistan who were fighting the Kargil War at that time.
OogZe TIL Lake Superior is larger than Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, New Jersey, and New Hampshire combined.
lw55 TIL Bette Davis owned a nightclub in Hollywood for US servicemen and women where everything was free, and other celebrities would regularly volunteer to serve food or perform.
kJw85 TIL there are 16 times more people buried in the Earth than walking on it. Yikes
dDE0K TIL Freud smoked about 20 cigars a day and was not convinced that cigars were linked to his heart problems. He eventually got oral cancer, suffered attacks of “tobacco angina”, or heart palpitations, whenever he smoked, and died with removed jaw