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TIL The US Census has noted that the only two years where the US resident population has shrunk were 1918 and 1944. However overall American population growth was positive in those years when overseas armed forces are included.
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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
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TIL there are almost twice as many women as men attending college in the U.S.