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TIL The Gates Foundation spends more on global health each year than the World Health Organization of the United Nations.

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KYLKR TIL The classic Budweiser Frogs commercials from the 90s were directed by Gore Verbinski (The Ring, Pirates of the Carribean, etc.)
e08Yn TIL that the Yale Tablets contain the world's oldest recorded recipes that were written in 1700 BC. In 2018, a team recreated its recipe for beef stew.
Lky5Q TIL about Alfred Russel Wallace, a British naturalist who thought up the theory of evolution by natural selection. After recording his expedition findings in the mid 1800’s, Wallace sent his work to his confidant Charles Darwin for a second opinion. Their first paper was a joint effort.
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