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TIL that 11% of billionaires tracked by Forbes did not graduate from college - but 45% went to an elite university

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4ndJ TIL L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology Founder, once fought a 68 hour naval battle with two non-existent Japanese subs after misusing his vessel’s SONAR.
x6oQB TIL: Mavis Beacon is a fictional character named after the singer Mavis Staples
xVMMo TIL that 20% of all wars over the last 200 years account for over 98% of fatalities
WX8d TIL Justice Clarence Thomas has only spoken one time in the last eight years during oral arguments in the Supreme Court. The one time he spoke was to crack a joke on Yale college.
VQnm TIL that in 1983 Ronald Reagan said “There are some people who would have you so stand on principle that if you don’t get all that you’ve asked for, you jump off the cliff with the flag flying…I believe half a loaf is better than none and that…you’re not going to always get everything you want.”