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TIL the US flew nearly 40 billion dollars to Iraq in shrink-wrapped $100 bills, then distributed the cash with no accounting for where it ended up

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NX41Q TIL Julius Caesar was the first to declare Jan 01 a national holiday. He named the month after Janus, the Roman god of doors and gates. Janus had two faces, one looking forward and one looking back
9wNK6 TIL Lemurs Get High on Toxic Millipedes by biting them. They also rub them all over their body as the millipede's secretions ward off insects.
E1ag0 TIL that the Super Soaker was invented in 1990 by NASA engineer, and Air Force Veteran Lonnie George Johnson who describes himself as a "part of a small group of African-American inventors whose work accounts for 6 percent of all U.S. patent applications."
PYl9w TIL about Oscar, a cat that appeared able to predict the impending death of terminally ill patients by choosing to nap next to people a few hours before they die.
MexMA TIL There's a satellite in orbit that's running a Nexus 1 Android as one of its main CPU's