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TIL Warren Buffet whose net worth is around $100B today, didn't reach $1B until he was in his 50s

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E1gep TIL that the original manuscript of "120 Days of Sodom" was lost in the storming of the Bastille. Sade believed the work was lost forever and later wrote that he "wept tears of blood" over its loss.
9YZA7 TIL that in 2014, The Philippines broke a world record by planting 3 million trees in an hour.
X6D TIL During the battle for Iwo Jima, a 17 year old Marine jumped on top of two grenades to protect his comrades. He survived both explosions.
kJL94 TIL Henry V, while still prince, was hit by an arrow near his left nostril during the Battle of Shrewsbury. The arrow shaft broke leaving the arrow point buried six inches deep in his head. Court surgeon John Bradmore devised a special tool to extract the arrow point and saved the prince's life.
GjQ TIL that when Robert Ballard announced he was mounting a mission to find the Titanic, it was actually a cover story for a classified mission to inspect lost nuclear submarines. They finished before they were due back, so the team spent the extra time at sea looking for the Titanic—and found it.