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TIL due to high ruble inflation during the fall of the USSR, parody dollar bills dropped by AC/DC during their concert in Moscow were used in monetary transactions and considered more valuable than rubles.

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J5aV TIL In 2007 a Dutch reality show called “De Grote Organshow” pitted contestants in dire need of organ transplants against each other, resulting in outrage across the globe– only to reveal it was a hoax that highlighted a serious problem. Over 50,000 people then signed up for the organ donor’s list
oByWo TIL 3 billion people still cook over open fires and millions of people die each year from smoke inhalation.
X0pGR TIL that’s Kangaroo testicles were stuffed with grass and used as a football by indigenous Australians and the game bore quite the resemblance to Aussie Rules Football.
yQ4Ql TIL that when you eat fruit with its inherent fiber (aka eating the whole fruit) up to 30% of the sugar will be eaten by the microbes in your gut before it can be absorbed.
KODXQ TIL about Drapetomania, a "mental illness" made up in the 1850s to explain why slaves might want to escape