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TIL Strip clubs often make change with $2 bills to increase their strippers earnings

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78pKL TIL that actor Federico Castelluccio, who played Furio on The Sopranos, is also an art expert who discovered a misidentified Renaissance painting worth perhaps $10 million more than the $140,000 he paid for it.
AN6Zn TIL In the 17th-18th century, people believed that tomatoes were poisonous and only used them for decoration until they were finally accepted as food.
x6lD5 TIL about the strangeness of Puritan names. For instance, Kill-sin Pimple did jury service in the 1650s. There was also Fear-not Helly, born in 1589, and Praise-God Barebone, who was the relative of Fear-God Barebone. And there are Humiliation Hynde, NoMerit Vynall, and Sorry-for-sin Coupard.
y1vv TIL of the Rule of 3’s regarding the human body’s basic needs: You will die if you go without oxygen for 3 minutes, water for 3 days, or food for 3 weeks - though there are exceptions to this rule.
kJvoB TIL Bono from U2 was named after a hearing aid shop in Dublin