A young programmer offered a homeless man the choice between $100 cash or coding lessons. Leo Grand chose the lessons, and now his first mobile app is available to download for $.99.
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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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A man with locked-in syndrome, named Jean-Dominique Bauby, wrote an entire book by blinking his left eyelid.
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Adam Rainer is the only person in recorded history ever to have been both a dwarf and a giant. At age 18 he measured 4 feet 8.3 inches. When he died at age 50 he measured 7 feet 8 inches.
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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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The rarest motorcycle in the world was found behind a brick wall in Chicago and has engine technologies well ahead of its time. The “Traub” is still running to this day.
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A couple from Bristol who had trouble selling their house, found out they had an original Banksy on their wall, and received twice the asking price by selling the painting with a house attached.
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