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TIL that if bill gates spent all of his net worth on antimatter, he’d have enough to buy 0.069 of a gram

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joQM TIL the potato chip was believed to have originated in 1853 when a chef had his fried potatoes sent back by an annoyed customer multiple times because the potatoes were “too thick”. He was fed up, cut the potatoes razor thin, and put extra salt on them. The customer, to his surprise, loved it.
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