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TIL that Warren Buffett (5th richest in the world) started buying shares of Berkshire Hathaway in 1962 for less than $8 each. Right now, those shares are worth more than $740,000 each. He will finally retire as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, at the age of 95 years old, at the end of this year.

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e0E1L TIL Bird’s nest soup is considered a delicacy in China. It is made from the nests of birds called swiftlets, who make the nests using their own solidified saliva. These nests are sold at prices up to about $6,6000/kg.
BZwW TIL from 1901 to 1964, the majority of Stonehenge was restored in a series of makeovers which have left it, in the words of one archaeologist, as ‘a product of the 20th century heritage industry’.
eLyg TIL Genghis Khan killed so many people that he caused a “global cooling”
O611 TIL that the Pingu gibberish is actually a language used by clowns and mimes since the 16th century
Wkk78 TIL that in 2013, an Oregon man on meth fought off 15 cops while masturbating