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TIL America has barred living people from appearing on currency after a Treasury Official tried placing himself on a bill

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78PxM TIL that honey never spoils! Archaeologists have discovered pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old, and it is still perfectly edible.
v1Kjj TIL that the oldest spider on record lived to age 43 in Australia and died in 2016
b6J6a TIL Ezekiel Hart was twice elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada but was denied his seat on both occasions for being Jewish. Opponents to Hart wrote a poem declaring a Jew in the Assembly as more foolish than Caligula's appointing his horse a Roman consul.
WXgA TIL that Hasidic Jews in New York took over a school board, gutting the education system because they thought it was unfair to pay taxes for a service they don’t use.
KOEDa TIL When Einstein was asked if he stood on the shoulders of Newton, he replied “No, on the shoulders of Maxwell”