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TIL that the British Pound is the world’s oldest currency still in use at 1,200 years old. The pound has been an identity as a symbol of British sovereignty.

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ZL0a TIL that in Germany there is a project called Dunkelfeld that aims to treat paedophiles before they offend
wya1 TIL according to Johnny Cash’s first wife, “Ring of Fire” was written not about love, but about “a certain private female body part.”
LQybQ TIL that the heaviest production car in history was the ZIL-41047 limousine used in Russia. It weighed It weighed 7,846 lbs (3,550 kg), and used 75 mm. (3 in) armor-plated steel for protection in key areas. This was used by president Mikhail Gorbachev till 1991.
d86G8 TIL Dr. John R Brinkley successfully scammed the American public into believing he could transplant goat testicles into the scrotum of infertile men in order for them to conceive.
R5ko7 TIL Robert plant was only 22 when Led Zeppelin recorded the song Stairway to Heaven