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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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nW7VW TIL chickpeas are the healthiest bean in the legume family (11g protein and 35g fiber in 1 cup) and also fixes it's own nitrogen from the atmosphere, leaving extra stores of the nutrient in the soil for future crops to consume. Chickpeas can also, under proper farming conditions, sequester carbon.
5YeJD TIL that there was an episode of the Twilight Zone in which three astronauts survive a crash landing and wander through the desert until the last man alive realizes he never left earth. Rodd Serling would use a lot of this plot for a film he helped write called "Planet Of The Apes"
9w856 TIL the Peregrine Falcon was saved from extinction when scientists invented copulation hats (commonly known as "fuck hats") to mimic female mating and later collect male semen
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MbXK TIL Penny Licks were tiny amounts of ice cream, served in a thick little glass that was not washed between customers. They were banned in London eventually when authorities figured out diseases could be spread by this practice.