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Jan 2024
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Bill Gates: Part Two

BEDTIME HISTORY
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Continue our journey as we learn about Bill Gates and the founding of Microsoft and the Windows software that ushered in the PC computing revolution of the 1980s and 90s. We'll also learn about Bill Gates's other ventures and humanitarian work after Microsoft.

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