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TIL India has a zero rupee note that is mainly used by angry citizens in response to governmental functionaries that want bribes in return for use of free services. It’s still in circulation to this date.

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rR5gw TIL that in 2005, cabbage was banned from Korean baseball after frozen cabbage leaves fell out of Doosan Bears' pitcher Park Myung-Hwan's cap mid-game. After an emergency meeting, KBO officials ruled that cabbage leaves are considered an “alien material” that is capable of disrupting a game.
vN4D TIL that the Earth likely has an underground ocean between the upper and lower mantle, with as much water as all the outer oceans combined
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0pgL TIL that if a Jewish court unanimously sentenced a man to death, he was let free. No dissent was a sign something was wrong.