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TIL 70% of Rich Families Lose Their Wealth by the Second Generation. 90% by the Third.

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ADRaa TIL that all Nouns are Capitalized in the German Language.
woov6 TIL Elizabeth, the current Queen of England, is the second-longest verified, reigning monarch of all time. She has a little less than 2 years to beat the record set by the French monarch Louis the XIV, the "Sun King".
8bY8 TIL for Superman (1978), Christopher Reeve refused to wear fake muscles under the suit and took an intense two-month training regimen supervised by David Prowse who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars films.
gM70L TIL Three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, trams resumed their routes in the ruins of the city.
jNg4a TIL war criminals convicted in the Hague don't actually serve their sentences there