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TIL America has had many large denominations ($+100), including a $100,000 bill

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1RLD TIL Bram Stoker’s widow won a copyright lawsuit against the makers of the German classic film “Nosferatu.” Though the courts ordered all copies of the film burned, one survived hidden and was copied and disseminated making “Nosferatu” the first cult movie.
RGvl TIL Musa I of Mali was so wealthy, when he made his pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324, he had 12,000 slaves who each carried 4 pounds of gold and 80 camels that carried 50-300 pounds of gold. He gave away so much gold to the poor in the areas he visited, it devastated the economy and caused inflation
xRGo TIL British intelligence once executed “operation cupcake” to hack an online al-Qaeda magazine, replacing bomb making instructions with a recipe for cupcakes.
oEOR TIL that Belgium is named after the Belgae people, which is translated to ‘The people who swell with anger,’ meaning Belgium means 'land where the people swell with anger’
pYRb4 TIL 21% of transgender individuals in the US have served in the armed forces.