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Buffett’s Big Move: Berkshire Hathaway Cuts Apple Stake by Nearly 50%

1 upvotes • Boring_Candle_7162

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TIL The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 started as a result of information from a Russian spy who was executed by Russia the following year

1 upvotes • betty_couper

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TIL Between 1992 - 2020 every US President was a member of the Baby Boomer generation, includes Clinton, Bush II, Obama and Trump. Biden is actually a member of the Silent Generation, a relatively small cohort that falls in between the Greatest Generation and the Boomers.

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TIL, in 1995, convicted killer Daniel Luther Heiss found that the key depicted in his prisoners' information manual was the masterkey to the entire institution. Shane Baker, another convict and trained jeweller, recreated it and they both escaped.

1 upvotes • Fair-Emu8218

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TIL majority of people spit while they pee if they have had a few drinks

1 upvotes • ProTomahawks

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TIL El Helicoide in Venezuela, first project of a drive-through mall, became a high-profile prison for political detainees where systemic torture and human rights violations have taken place

1 upvotes • CautiousExpression74

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Scientists Develop New Compound That Kills Flesh-Eating Bacteria and Other Drug-Resistant Bacteria

1 upvotes • Tawsif112883

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TIL one of Michael Phelps' kid's name is Boomer

1 upvotes • joerille

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TIL that in 1818, former U.S. President James Madison gave a speech citing multiple errors in U.S. agriculture, including overuse of fields, improper plowing that encouraged erosion, and especially the destruction of forests.

1 upvotes • L8_2_PartE

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In the UK there is almost zero compensation for wrongful imprisonment. Any payout is conditional on proving a negative.

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Buffett’s Big Move: Berkshire Hathaway Cuts Apple Stake by Nearly 50%	1	Boring_Candle_7162
TIL The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 started as a result of information from a Russian spy who was executed by Russia the following year	1	betty_couper
TIL Between 1992 - 2020 every US President was a member of the Baby Boomer generation, includes Clinton, Bush II, Obama and Trump. Biden is actually a member of the Silent Generation, a relatively small cohort that falls in between the Greatest Generation and the Boomers.	1	Bluest_waters
TIL, in 1995, convicted killer Daniel Luther Heiss found that the key depicted in his prisoners' information manual was the masterkey to the entire institution. Shane Baker, another convict and trained jeweller, recreated it and they both escaped.	1	Fair-Emu8218
TIL majority of people spit while they pee if they have had a few drinks	1	ProTomahawks
TIL El Helicoide in Venezuela, first project of a drive-through mall, became a high-profile prison for political detainees where systemic torture and human rights violations have taken place	1	CautiousExpression74
Scientists Develop New Compound That Kills Flesh-Eating Bacteria and Other Drug-Resistant Bacteria	1	Tawsif112883
TIL one of Michael Phelps' kid's name is Boomer	1	joerille
TIL that in 1818, former U.S. President James Madison gave a speech citing multiple errors in U.S. agriculture, including overuse of fields, improper plowing that encouraged erosion, and especially the destruction of forests.	1	L8_2_PartE
In the UK there is almost zero compensation for wrongful imprisonment. Any payout is conditional on proving a negative.	1	drproc90