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TIL that Bill Gates is richer than 140 nations

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0dGv TIL that the cornea is the only part of the human body which has no blood supply, as such it has to draw its supply of oxygen directly from the air
xM47 TIL that during a meeting of the Roman Senate, Cato accused Caesar of reading personal notes while the Senate was in session. When Caesar let Cato read the notes, he was shocked to see that they were love notes from Caesar’s mistress, or Cato’s half-sister.
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