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TIL Vietnamese money is called the dong.

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6vdw TIL Thousands of shipping containers a year become “large floating objects” in the ocean.
neX1B TIL of Castle Bravo, the largest bomb detonated by the USA. It was roughly 1000 times more power than the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and had a fireball 4.5 miles (7.2 km) in diameter 1 second after the detonation.
KYVwE TIL that certain fungi that grows on the fur of sloths has anti-cancer and anti- bacterial properties, opening up new avenues for drug development research based on these unique microscopic communities.
E1DD7 TIL: there is a lake in Russia so contaminated with nuclear waste that standing on the bank for an hour will kill you.
4kPM6 TIL the infamous Iron Maiden torture device is likely mythical and there's no evidence of it ever being used during the Middle Ages, their first cited stories were written in the 19th century