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p8bBp TIL that more women than men have contributed to our DNA. At some points in human history the ratio is 17:1 that is 17 women reproduced for one man
8Dx8 TIL while penniless and dying, Ulysses S Grant wrote a book of memoirs so his wife could live off of the royalties. Mark Twain heard the best royalty offer was 10% and immediately offered Grant 75%. Grant’s book, was a critical and commercial success giving his wife about $450,000 in royalties.
woKd6 TIL that Jesse Owens declared after the 1936 Olympic Games, that he was treated worse by the President of the USA, than he was by the German authorities.
6EQ6Y TIL that exclusive sale rights of colchicine, a 2000-year-old treatment for gout, was given to a pharmaceutical company in 2009. They raised the price 50x, costing the government over $50 million/year.
aGZy TIL the US supported dictator Ferdinand Marcos during most of his 20 year reign of The Philippines giving him billions in aid. During this time, he imposed martial law, stole billions from the people of The Philippines and imprisoned or killed those who opposed him.