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TIL every time a deck of cards is shuffled the probability that sequence of cards has ever existed before is infinitesimally small due to the immensity of 52!

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JYRo4 TIL that For $45, the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing will sell you a 5-lb bag with $10,000 worth of shredded U.S. currency.
QJoye TIL that blue wine is actually a real thing! First produced in Spain, it is made from a mixture of white and red grapes, anthocyanine (devrived from the skin of red grapes) and indigotine for the colour and natural sweetners. It cannot actually be sold/marketed as wine in the European Union though.
4Xew6 TIL using magic mushrooms, even as an adult, can permanently change a person's personality.
5peP TIL that The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells released in 1898 inspired Robert Goddard to invent the rocket technology that resulted in the Apollo 11 moon landing 71 years later
XZPX TIL Ford’s Model T could achieve over 20 MPG and run on gasoline, kerosene, or ethanol.