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TIL: US has worse financial inequality than Ukraine…

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9wKDX TIL in 1958 a military plane accidentally dropped an Atom Bomb on a farm near Florence, South Carolina. The nuclear reaction didn't occur, but there was still enough explosive to create a 25 foot crater!
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M7rya TIL Roger Federer made the 2021-23 Forbes list of highest paid athletes almost solely through sponsorship deals. In that timeframe, he earned only 830k dollars in tennis prize money, but 275 million dollars through sponsorship endorsements.
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