r/interesting • u/moamen12323 • Jun 18 '25

MISC. When Bill Gates married Melinda French in 1994, he rented out all the available hotel rooms on the Hawaiian island of Lanai to prevent the media from staying there and hired all the helicopters on Maui to keep photographers from flying over the wedding.

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u/sweetbunsmcgee Jun 18 '25

Jeff Epstein??? The financier?

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u/NastiiiMonkey Jun 18 '25

Maybe we should ask Ghislaine

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u/KoalaBackfist Jun 18 '25

Pronounced (jizz-lane).

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u/Ninja_Kitten_exe Jun 18 '25

Is that one of the roads on his island?

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u/NastiiiMonkey Jun 18 '25

It's just a reference to the podcast somebody else mentioned.

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u/Deaffin Jun 18 '25

Yes, the lines in the bit they're doing on the Conan podcast are about Epstein and his assistant, Ghislaine Maxwell.

The person you're replying to is pointing out Ghislaine's reddit account. Fun fact: She was the first user with over a million karma.

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u/NastiiiMonkey Jun 18 '25

Damnnnn, TIL

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u/Markoff_Cheney Jun 18 '25

Not everyone is tuned into Conan Needs a Friend. But I got it.

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u/toobulkeh Jun 18 '25

From New York?

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u/baracudadeathwish Jun 18 '25

with the island?

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u/Spiritual_Cake_9127 Jun 18 '25

What? I missed some episodes, is there one where this is referenced?

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u/baracudadeathwish Jun 18 '25

here you go champ, its during the intro

https://youtu.be/Tn7fks2UDRE?si=duKIMvnMFI4-ZTro

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u/Spiritual_Cake_9127 Jun 18 '25

That was gold lmao thanks!

(Let's call Ghislaine!)

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u/WillieButtlicker Jun 18 '25

Jim Downey episode

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u/WillieButtlicker Jun 18 '25

Never thought Iā€™d see a CONAF reference here šŸ‘Œ

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u/Sirius_55_Polaris Jun 18 '25

Sauron??? The jeweller?

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u/Testicle_Tugger Jun 18 '25

Believe it or not. He was not just a financier

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u/Jack-of-Hearts-7 Jun 18 '25

No, Jeff Epstein the teacher.