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TIL Dr. Seuss' Lorax character was likely inspired by the patas monkeys he encountered while in Kenya

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eNEb TIL in China, 97% of all counterfeit bills in circulation originate from the templates hand-drawn by 73-year-old painter Peng Daxiang. Peng profited by selling templates between $8000 and $12,000 each to counterfeiting gangs. Peng was arrested in 2013 & is currently serving a life sentence in prison
v1k4D TIL, there are only 3 countries in the world that still use the Imperial System. These countries are Myanmar (or Burma), Liberia and of course, The United States of America.
woNao TIL that in 1990 a broken turbo in a Nissan R90CK caused it to produce over 1100hp, allowing Mark Blundell to set a still-standing Le Mans record: winning pole position with a gap of over 6 seconds from second place, which was a Porsche 962C.
yQwy8 TIL Spirit Halloween, which is owned by Spencer's, runs over 1200 locations each year for 4-8 weeks. They spend the rest of the year scouting empty locations for the next Halloween season
oRpNA TIL an indigenous man, whose family lived in Hong Kong before 1898, gets free land from government to build his home.