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TIL that the first new US Quarter of 2020 features a bat on the back

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a8OnA TIL that David Cox and Steven Zucker, two graduate students from Princeton, developed an algorithm for the intersection numbers of sections of elliptic surfaces and named it the Cox-Zucker machine.
bjmQ TIL that only 17% of paid clinical trials in the US had their results published in the time required by law. Not publishing all trials allows drug makers to hide unflattering results, and helps medicines look safer and more effective than they really are.
69EoY TIL there is a mermaid bar in Montana with an underwater viewing window to watch "mermaids" while you drink
jNw0p TIL that in the 50's and 60's, a single Florida town known as "nub city" was responsible for 2/3rds of America's dismemberment insurance claims. No one was ever convicted of insurance fraud, because juries had a hard time believing even Floridians would be insane enough to cut off their own hands.
m18ap TIL that sealed/boxed breakfast cereals are still considered safe for consumption up to 8 months after their best before date.