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TIL “Mini Jack Ma” comes from a poor Chinese family, and has received donations and at least one offer to fund his education—all thanks to his resemblance to the billionaire tycoon.

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LopZ TIL The Susie G. Komen Foundation has only donated 3.6% of the money it’s raised to metastatic breast cancer research.
KOyxJ TIL about Augustus Agar, a Royal Navy officer with a wild 37 year career: he sunk a Soviet cruiser using a torpedo fired from a small boat, was knighted for spying, captained the Royal Yacht, smuggled £2 million in gold to Canada, and was pulled so deep by a sinking ship that he got the bends.
QJNoa TIL of the Truck System, in which companies paid employees in "company scrips", which were only good in company stores. It was supposed to encourage "loyalty" of workers.
KNdQ TIL more than 3.5 million people experience homelessness each year in the United States and 25% of this number are children under the age of 18.
kJVEe TIL In 2020 McDonald's in the UK was accused of cultural appropriation after it added a Jerk Chicken sandwich to the menu. Many customers pointed out no Jamaican Jerk cooking techniques were used. Instead the sandwich relied on a sauce plastered over two chicken pieces.