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Today I learned lessons through Warren Buffett's experiences.

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b9dk7 TIL The first Soviet dog to return from space alive "Strelka" later had puppies. Soviet leader Nikita Kruschev gifted one of the puppies to JFK's daughter Caroline.
N7P6b TIL one of the highest paid jobs in the country is a Harbor Pilot, where they specialize in piloting large cargo ships into shipping ports with precision; they can earn over $400,000 a year
VMlKB TIL that after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Congress voted 388-1 to declare war on Japan. The sole dissenter was Jeannette Rankin, a pacifist and the first woman elected to congress. She said of her decision ""I voted as the mothers would have had me vote."
ppae TIL: Blackcurrant flavour is almost unknown in the USA. (It’s seemingly ubiquitous in the UK)
ZE8a TIL that in the ‘90s a batch of pencils by the Bureau for At-Risk-Youth with the slogan “Too Cool To Do Drugs” were recalled for saying “Cool to Do Drugs” and “Do Drugs” as they were sharpened.