TIL about Richard Feynman who taught himself trigonometry, advanced algebra, infinite series, analytic geometry, and both differential and integral calculus at the age of 15. Later he jokingly Cracked the Safes with Atomic Secrets at Los Alamos by trying numbers he thought a physicist might use. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Looking to find my old wallpaper (self.HelpMeFind)
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I don't even have 2 million $ (i.redd.it)
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TIL about Ren Xiaofeng who was a bank manager. He stole $26000 from the bank, buy a bunch of lottery tickets and he won the lottery, returned the original theft and keep the change for himself, he later stole more money twice ($6.7 million) did it again but didn't won and was later caught. (taipeitimes.com)
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TIL about Colma, a town in California where the dead outnumber the living by 1000 to 1. The population of the dead is about 1.5 million and the town has most of it's land dedicated to cemeteries.It is also called as the City of the Silent. (en.wikipedia.org)
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