These True Facts Sound Incredibly Fake

Close to Cleopatra

Cleopatra is likely the most famous Egyptian leader in all of history. You probably imagine she was alive thousands of years ago, but such is not the case. In fact, Cleopatra was closer in history to the invention of the iPhone than she was to the construction of the Great Pyramid. Maybe she was more like a millennial than she was an original Egyptian!

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The More You Know

  • The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
  • During World War 2, a bear named Wotjek joined the Polish army. He carried ammunition and occasionally drank beer.
  • Bill Gates plans to donate 95% of his $81.1 billion dollar wealth to charity. That's about $77 billion dollars!
  • Warren Buffett has only sent one email in his life. It was sent to Jeff Raikes of Microsoft, and Buffett said it became his first and last email when it ended up in court.
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