When the 2013 government shutdown threatened the closing down of a national program giving medical attention and meals to children, John D. Arnold donated $10 million of his own money to keep it afloat.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Queen ants have one of the longest life-spans of any known insect - typically up to 30 years. Western harvester ant queens can live up to 40 years!
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Pope Francis was once a nightclub bouncer.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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