Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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After coming across a "very sweet" homeless man from Jamaica named Michael on a night out, Londoner Jenny Baker took to Twitter, and within hours, using the hashtag #getmichaelhome, had raised thousands of pounds so that he could return home to Jamaica where he said he would be "happy again".
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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The Rain Man (Laurence Kim Peek) was the only savant known to science who could read two pages of a book simultaneously - one with each eye.
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Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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Japan has the most vending machines in the world (5.52 million) which is more than the population of New Zealand.
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