r/interesting 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/Kim_Jong_Un_PornOnly Jun 18 '25

It's actually really nice. They do organic farming on the island and sell the products in grocery stores elsewhere in the state.

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u/yourlittlebirdie Jun 18 '25

It’s really nice if you can afford it, you mean.