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TIL that Starbucks was started by 3 partners (2 teachers & a writer) inspired by Alfred Peet (Founder of Peet's Coffee) who taught them his style of roasting beans

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Z84kG TIL that there are still two living leaders from World War 2. The first is the Dalai Lama who was the leader of Tibet. The second is Tsar Simeon II who was the leader of Bulgaria.
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