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TIL there is a $1 Million coin that is legal Canadian tender. They weigh 100 kg and are 99.999% gold. This is the highest face value ever to appear on any coin ever.

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vAeK TIL that in the U.S. state of Maine, now famous for it’s lobster, fish and shellfish were once considered poverty food, and people would bury lobster shells in their yards so their neighbors would not learn they were reduced to eating lobster.
QJxlL TIL about John Gurdon, who was ranked last out of 250 boys in his year group in Biology and in a progress report, his teacher said that pursuing Biology for him would be a "waste of time, for him and those who have to teach him". In 2012, John Gurdon won the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine
Z8KXa TIL that in 2015 the CEO of U-Haul make his personal phone number public so he could hear the questions and concerns of his customers. Apparently he still answers calls!
7xBL TIL Tim Curry was an avid horticulturist, even planting a garden for his famous friend Freddie Mercury.
l7veA TIL single people around the age of 40 going forward tend to live happier and more fulfilling lives than those in relationships around the same age.