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Watch Bill and Melinda Gates Host a Rave

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February 24, 2016, 12:47 PM ET
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Bill and Melinda Gates are interviewed in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. As the world decides on the most crucial goals for the next 15 years in defeating poverty, disease and hunger, the $42 billion Gates Foundation announces its own ambitious agenda. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)Photograph by Seth Wenig — AP

Bill and Melinda Gates are making the talk show rounds to discuss their annual letter from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is geared toward teens this year. So to get young people to go to GatesLetter.com, the philanthropic couple broke it down into terms young people can understand: They hosted a rave. Well, sort of.

On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Tuesday night, the Microsoft co-founder can be seen “spinning beats” and “doing splits” on the dance floor, while Melinda does “cartwheels.”

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