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TIL Bill Gates is color-blind

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mGrR TIL the amount of matter converted to energy in the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima was about 700 milligrams, less than one-third the mass of a U.S. dime.
Me4nW TIL John Wilkes Booth's father was named Junius Brutus Booth, after the main conspirator in the plot to assassinate Julius Caesar
OQQg TIL that cutting global poverty in half would cost $20 billion, less than 4% of the U.S. military budget
J1Oxv TIL that while studying for his American naturalization test, mathematician Kurt Gödel discovered a contradiction in the U.S. Constitution that could theoretically lead from a democracy to a dictatorship via a loophole in how amendment's are made.
p87vO TIL tech companies in China hire "programming cheerleaders", pretty women that cheer up the programmers as they work at their desk. They need to know how to put on makeup, to be taller than 5'2, to have a "gentle voice", and a "contagious laugh".