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TIL that Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer was the first person to become a billionaire by being an employee and not a company founder (or heir).

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R7M67 TIL SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg majored in marine sciences at Humboldt State University and minored in art. He loved both subjects but his real passion was art, he chose marine science because he thought it would be hard to make a living doing art alone.
Wk07N TIL that, if he hadn't died, the original head writer for the Pokemon anime was going to end the series with Ash as an old man in the real world, and all his adventures being imaginary.
M7QZb TIL that flight recorders must be able to withstand an acceleration of 3400 g for 6.5 milliseconds and that this is roughly equivalent to an impact velocity of 270 knots (310 mph; 500 km/h).
A96B TIL that in early 1900s German kids used to die from diarrhea until a doctor invented carrot stew which saved thousands of lives
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