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TIL that there is 2.5 million of Zero Rupee bank notes in India. They are “paid” in protest by angry citizens to government functionaries who solicit bribes

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oRwL TIL-Tapping the top of a shaken soda can does nothing to prevent the soda from bubbling out. Tapping on the side, however, does.
eN8k TIL Splenda’s sweet taste was discovered when a scientist who was told “test this chemical” misheard it as “taste this chemical”.
8aL9V TIL one man is responsible for removing all the old paper prayers from Jerusalem’s Western Wall, his name is Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz. Twice a year he and his team collects hundreds of thousands of notes and buries them on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olive
yVGV8 TIL The bumblebee bat is the world’s smallest mammal
9wVBp TIL: you can buy smart condoms that track your “performance”