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TIL that Warren Buffett is the oldest CEO of a Fortune 500 company at 93 years old.

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PYgMV TIL there is a pig out there with a coat like a sheep that almost went extinct by the 1990s called the Mangalica pig.
yQXmM TIL that none of Haiti's first nine Presidents served their full terms and retired voluntarily; all either died of disease, natural causes, were overthrown, declared themselves emperor, or were (most commonly) sent into exile.
5XMD TIL there is a species of tiger beetles that run faster than their eyes can keep up. They run towards their prey, stop and re-evaluate the situation, and then sprint again, hoping they’ll run into their prey. They run at 5.6 mph, which is equivalent to a human running 480 mph.
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