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TIL that “Hyborian War” is a play-by-mail fantasy game that’s been continuously running since 1985 set in the setting of Conan the Barbarian.

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P5Yn TIL: Margaret Anne Cargill was a philanthropist born into one of the wealthiest families in the world. She gave away more than $200M during her life, always anonymously, and provided that after her death all her wealth go to charity. In 2011 her assets were liquidated, resulting in a $6B donation.
LkKAv TIL Cleopatra was one of the wealthiest women of all time. Her net worth today would be around $95.8 billion USD
e0Eyk TIL the US has about 18.6 million millionaires
MnBb TIL when Nintendo had a fall in revenue from the less successful Wii U its CEO cut his pay in half for 5 months rather than blame workers
b9WNj TIL in 2012 the town of Dull (Scotland) was paired as a twin-town with Boring (Oregon, USA). Later, in 2013, they were joined by Bland (Australia) and the three now form the "Trinity of Tedium", officially the "League of Extraordinary Communities".