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TIL that VISA and MasterCard both started as not-for-profits and only turned in for-profits in 2006-2008

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R5kb4 TIL Humans can run the world because they can cooperate both flexibly and in a large number.
kJood TIL It is estimated that 117 Billion humans have ever been born (Since 190,000 BCE). By 50,000 BCE, approximately 7.8 Billion humans had already lived and died.
KOL64 TIL That Ron Gilbert, the original writer and director of "The Secret of Monkey Island" worked as a story consultant for TellTale Game's "Tales of Monkey Island" but was credited as "The Visiting Professor of Monkeyology"
NXOv8 TIL that Jayne Mansfield's father died of a heart attack while she was in the car with him. She was 3 years old. Her daughter, Mariska Hargitay, was in the car accident that killed Mansfield. Mariska was also 3 years old at the time.
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