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TIL George Clooney spent his Nespresso Paycheck On A Spy Satellite To Keep Tabs On The Sudanese Army. Actor and activist he funds a hi-tech project that is tracking troops and warning civilians of attacks from Sudan’s bloody Army.

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9YdKX TIL Bai Fangli, "a Chinese pedicab driver", "donated 350,000 yuan (US$54,958 in 2015) over a span of 18 years to enable more than 300 poor students to continue with their studies". He "wore second hand discarded clothes", "lived in a shabby house", "ate humble food" and donated most of his income.
R7YLa TIL the Wilsons from the Dennis the Menace comic strip actually have 3 children. Earl, George Jr., and Tammy.
LkYjp TIL that the number of bacteria on earth is estimated to be 5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. This is five million trillion trillion or 5 x 10 to the 30th power.
VaAm TIL that honey bees wouldn’t die after stinging if they were given ample time to spin free from our skin
j6LDv TIL that Rumiko Takahashi, the creator of Ranma 1/2 and Inuyasha, was knighted by France in 2023.