dDy6r TIL that the only woman to ever appear on an US Dollar banknote has been Martha Washington. She appeared on the 1886 and 1891 series of one-dollar silver certificates. Her portrait was used again next to her husband, George, on the back of the 1896 one-dollar note
KYGvQ TIL there are more than 10 states of matter including time crystals
a8EW9 TIL: That Margot Robbie, who played Tonya Harding and was co-producer for the movie I, Tonya, did not realize the screenplay was based on a real event until after she finished reading it. Immediately prior to filming, Robbie flew from Los Angeles to Portland, Oregon to meet Harding.
ZpPvD TIL by eating sausages during Lent in 1522, Christoph Froschauer and Huldrych Zwingli defied Church fasting rules, igniting the Swiss Reformation.
781wP TIL The song Take Me Home Country Roads, in Virginia, by John Denver was originally Take Me Home, Clopper Road in Maryland
kJ5lB TIL that all taxis in Germany are required to be painted the same light ivory color
EgGkP TIL that Elon already once owned X.com back in 1999 - back then, one of the first federally insured online banks
Y7evB TIL that the majority of the time, the “Catfish” is the one who initially contacts the hit TV show MTVs Catfish
Bg0Bd TIL about the song Kill the Boer that was used by by anti-Apartheid activists.
rNy71 TIL there is a species of lizard that removes Lyme disease in ticks. A protein in the lizard's blood kills the bacterium in the tick's gut responsible for the disease.
NXxve TIL that the town of Talkeetna, Alaska had a orange cat as mayor for 20 years. Stubbs the cat even survived an assassination attempt by a dog.
l70N7 TIL Senator Henry G. Davis was the 1904 Democratic vice presidential nominee mainly because the party expected him to contribute money to the campaign, he didn't.