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TIL that raisins can rehydrate into full-sized grapes in your digestive tract if you (or your toddler) don't chew them

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GYJjG TIL that The Flowing Hair dollar was the first dollar coin issued by the United States federal government. It is the most expensive coin in the world at $10,016,875
o1Jr TIL Barbara Lee was the only member of congress to vote no on the AUMF after 9/11 stating “It was a blank check to the president to attack anyone involved in the September 11 events—without regard to our nation’s long-term foreign policy, national security interests, and without time limit.”
VBYnB TIL that the first libertarian mayor in the United States was a polygamist Mormon named Alex Joseph. After leaving the Republican Party, he ran for mayor of his commune Big Water, Utah as a Libertarian.
epa8b TIL the London Bridge built in the 1830s, that spanned the River Thames was auctioned off and sold in 1968, was purchased from the City of London for $2,460,000. It was disassemble, shipped across the Atlantic, through the Panama canal, eventually reassembled in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
nW9vP TIL: The first message ever sent on the Internet was “LO”