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TIL Isaac Asimov described Carl Sagan as “one of only two people he ever met whose intellect surpassed his own.”

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r8lW TIL Bill Gates Has Given Away $28 Billion Since 2007, Saving 6 Million Lives
lyQN TIL In the 1940’s, activist Stetson Kennedy infiltrated the KKK, then approached the writers of Superman, and exposed secret codes and rituals. KKK recruitment dropped to zero in weeks.
EgewW TIL during the recent LA wildfire in January 2025, a man discovered a touching letter from the 4 firefighters who rescued his house.
moPP TIL that in a BBC poll of 22 major countries’ perceptions around the world, Pakistan was the only country that rated it’s own influence on the world negatively.
0dbL TIL that Douglas Adams was the first person in Europe to buy a Mac, the second was Stephen Fry.