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TIL Warren Buffett once took Bill Gates to McDonalds. He offered to pay, and then reached into his pocket and pulled out coupons.

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oR7Oo TIL DNA transfer does not only occur "vertically", that is, from parent to progeny. There is also a form of DNA transfer known as horizontal or intracellular DNA transfer, which consists in a piece of DNA being transferred from the genome of one cell to that of another—including between species.
VyYB TIL that in Summer Olympics a tie for first (and thus multiple gold medals) has occurred 26+ times
kO5v5 TIL after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan built foldable submarine-launched naval aircraft to bomb U.S. western and eastern seaboards, the 18 I-400 class submarines stowed up to three Aichi M6A Seiran floatplanes, each could carry an 800 kg (1,800 lb) bomb 1,000 km (620 mi) at 475 km/h (295 mph).
BrXPx TIL that fast-turnaround movies based on real disasters aren't new. The first film about the Titanic was released 29 days after it sank, starring an actress who was a real life survivor of the event. It is considered a 'lost film' after all copies were destroyed in a fire in 1914.
6Bb7 TIL: The inventor of the chocolate chip cookie traded her recipe to Nestlé Toll House in exchange for a lifetime supply of chocolate chips.