Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.
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Cuban rescue workers use sniffer rabbits to find people in collapsed buildings.
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In Dubai, there’s a fridge magnet that orders a pizza delivered to your door.
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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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There's a company in China that allows you to hire someone to stand in line for you for $3-$5 an hour.
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