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TIL there have been 6 different designs on the US Dime since it’s inception back in 1792

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mpvo TIL The Macaronis were young English men who adopted feminine mannerisms and highly extravagant attire. They were members of the Macaroni Club, and wore a feather in their hats. They also wore two fob watches: “one to tell what time it was and the other to tell what time it was not”.
graQA TIL in 2014 a drum of radioactive nuclear waste burst when workers used organic kitty litter to absorb the volatile chemicals. The cleanup cost was estimated to be $600mil+.
E017 TIL all human languages can be expressed with an alphabet that contains 107 letters, 52 diacritics, and four prosodic marks.
GYQaN TIL: There was a case of British conjoined twins. If not separated, they’d both die in months. If separation was successful, the healthier twin would survive but the surgery would kill the other. The parents refused consent, but a court overruled them, the surgery killed one twin to save the other.
yVD0l TIL that a French Canadian (Percy Girouard) served as colonial governor of Nigeria and Kenya when they were part of the the British Empire