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TIL - Industrialist Andrew Carnegie, called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society and dedicated the last 18 years of his life to large-scale philanthropy giving away 90 percent of his fortune, $350 million ($65 billion in 2019 dollars) to charities, foundations, and universities

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9YrN7 TIL how Spanish runner Iván Fernández Anaya intentionally lost a race. Kenyan runner and race leader Abel Mutai stopped 10-20 meters short of the finish line, thinking he had already won. Instead of passing him, Anaya stopped and told Mutai to keep running, thus allowing Mutai to win.
KO6bJ TIL that there are four stages to learning a new skill: unconscious incompetence, conscious incompetence, conscious competence, and unconscious competence.
rRKv4 TIL Sharks have been around on Earth longer than Trees
byZ4 TIL Norway had to close a tunnel because it was full of burning cheese.
vkMD TIL a greek saint got so tired of helping people, he sat on top of a pole for 37 years to get away from everyone