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13-02-2011 01:31 #5931 SP
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Ten Amazing Facts You Didn’t Know About Bill Gates – DRS | Derangedshaman.com
- Gates was known as ‘Trey’ at home thanks to daddy Gates dropping his own “III” suffix.
- Bill’s first program ever written was in BASIC on a ASR-33 teletype terminal and a GE system , the program was tic-tac-toe.
- Bill would modify his school’s computer system to place himself in classes with mostly girls.
- Bill Gates first met current Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer during he’s time at Harvard University.
- Bill Gates and buddy Paul Allen got the entrepreneurial bug after the release of the MITS Altair 8800.
- Gates was known to be a shark when it came to business, it is said that during meetings and presentations, Bill would interrupt whom ever was speaking saying: “That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard!” or “Why don’t you just give up your options and join the Peace Corps?”.
- The Gates household pays a whopping $991,000 in property taxes, somewhere a libertarian is steaming.
- Bill purchased writings by Leonardo da Vinci, for a shocking $30.8 million at an auction. That’s lunch money for the world richest man.
- Bill may be an expert at spending the money, but man does he know how to give it away. Bill and his wife Melinda has given away over $28 billion to charity.
- 1987 was the year Bill Gates was first declared a billionaire at the young age of 32.
Five ridiculous conspiracy theories about Bill Gates.
- Bill stole the idea for Windows from Apple.
- He is secretly distributing vaccines to lower the population in poor countries.
- He is a prominent member of the secret society group, Illuminati. (possibly)
- Bill is the love child of Former United States Attorney, General Janet Reno.
- Bill Gates, Ted Turner and George Soros to Create the biggest left-wing think tank in history.