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TIL that Bill and Melinda Gates plan to leave $10 million each to their three kids as an inheritance out of his $80 billion fortune. He is set to give away approximately 99.96% of his wealth to charity and foundations.

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DQOor TIL the United States had malaria until it was eradicated in 1951
gMwm4 TIL of the class of lizards classified as "legless." As in, they're literally legless. They differ from snakes as the arose from a completely different evolutionary pathway.
nRlr TIL in 1973 two men were stranded 1,575 feet below the ocean when their submarine buoyancy tank inadvertently flooded. They were rescued after 76 hours with only 12 minutes of air remaining. It was the deepest underwater rescue mission in history.
yQKNe TIL of a highly effective treatment for soldiers with PTSD. EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
nexKb TIL: Bats can eat up to 1,200 mosquitoes in an hour and often consume their body weight in insects every night