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TIL America’s first female self-made millionaire was a black woman

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AD9Nn TIL Tokyo has its own superhero. He’s Mangetsu-Man, a self-made hero who’s taken up the responsibility of keeping the city clean. He wears a “full moon” head, purple bodysuit, oversized UGG boots with matching gloves, and uses a voice dictation app to hide his voice.
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