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TIL billionaire Sean Parker was considered a genius at a young age. In high school he was recruited by the CIA after winning a computer science fair and was making $80,000/year by the time he was a senior

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9YNoM TIL that Anna Politkovskaya, author of the anti-Putin book “Putin’s Russia”, was assassinated on October 7th (Putin’s birthday)
yZVa TIL that former prime minister of New Zealand, David Lange, once wrote in an opinion piece for a NZ military periodical: “Our military forces are an arm of government, just like the Department of Social Welfare, although probably less able to inflict widespread harm.”
GAYlj TIL that Hollywood actress Merle Oberon was an Anglo-India born Mumbai, making her the first South Asian ever to be nominated for an Oscar
RlM4 TIL Stanford University’s Band has been banned from several campuses and even Disneyland. Some of their offenses include mocking a case of a missing girl at Southern Cal during halftime, and playing outside OJ Simpson’s trial.
VeQ4 TIL Heather Bresch, the CEO behind the increase in EpiPen costs, was awarded a masters degree she did not properly earn because she was the governors daughter, leading to the dean at West Virginia resigning.