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TIL Norway has the World’s biggest sovereign fund, where it has been saving almost all the money it gets from the sale of oil and is worth almost a trillion dollars.

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M7JL0 TIL : Orcas are targeting yachts to practice catching food.
XbdQ TIL a 5-year-old hacked an Xbox live login screen and now he’s a Microsoft ‘security researcher’
KQVw TIL a Macedonian king once sent a message to Sparta: “If I win this war, you will be slaves forever.” They replied with one word: “If.” The king subsequently avoided Sparta entirely.
Ovx1 TIL that during the Battle of Moscow, despite German forces closing to within 50 kilometers of the city, the Soviet Union still held the annual military parade marking the revolution. Soviet troops who paraded past the Kremlin, then marched directly to the front line and into battle.
OYYX TIL that the world’s first Buddhist ruler, Emperor Ashoka, who ruled India form 274-232 BCE, was the first ruler in human history to ban slavery, the death penalty, animal cruelty, and deforestation. He even advocated gender equality in education and religious institutions.