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TIL why I'm not a millionaire. The Fastest Way to Become the First Millionaire in Your Family #millionaire #freedom #family

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Z81vD TIL The DEA raided Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate in 1987. It removed the poppy plants that had been planted continually there since Jefferson was alive and using opium from them.
PYZ4n TIL How a Worm Gave the South a Bad Name, between 1865 and 1910, 40 percent of the South's population suffered from hookworms. Thousands of worms could live in a person at one time. These parasites and the constant bloodsucking made an infected person pale, tired and slow, leading to stunted growth.
GOEj TIL There’s a Norwegian news site that makes readers pass a test proving they read the article before being allowed to comment on it
oBmr7 TIL Kurt Russell has been dating Goldie Hawn since 1986. Hawn's children include actors Oliver and Kate Hudson, who consider Russell more of a father than their actual biological father.
epKQ6 TIL that in 1959, Claude Shannon, a mathematician from MIT demonstrated that machines can learn by experience using a mechanical mouse that can remember the previous paths that led to an artificial cheese in a maze.