Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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A couple that were out walking on their property in Sierra Nevada discovered a canister containing $10 million in gold coins.
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a 50,000 word book titled 'Gadsby' which did not use the letter "e".
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Scientists lit a cave of natural gas on fire in 1971 expecting it to only burn for a few days; it still burns to this day. It has been nicknamed "The Door to Hell".
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A tortoise named Adwaita lived to 255 years old. To put it into perspective, he was born before the United States of America existed and his death was announced on CNN (1750-2006).
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In 1999, a fisherman found a love letter in a bottle from a soldier in WWI. He returned said letter to the now deceased widows 86 year old daughter.
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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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