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TIL: Starbuck's door handles are more germ-laden than NYC subway poles

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ADeDn TIL. Only 8% of the world's currency exists as physical cash. The rest exists only on a computer hard drive in electronic bank accounts around the world.
MeXYa TIL when Coca-Cola created the modern image of Santa Claus in their advertisements, Santa was depicted without a wedding ring, causing fans to write to Coca-Cola asking whether he was still married to Mrs. Claus.
68QX TIL that before Jaws, there was Shark!, starring Burt Reynolds… Someone decided it was a great idea to use live sharks during filming, and one stuntman was killed…
WmX TIL that 2 days after Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was released The Beatles went to see Jimi Hendrix in concert, who opened with the title track.
6YbX TIL that one of the weapons America would have used in the planned invasion of Japan was Little David, a 36" (914mm) mortar used to test aerial bombs. Converted into a mobile siege gun, it fired 3650 lb (1.6k kg) shells at a range of 6 miles, and would have been the largest calibre gun ever fielded.