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TIL Photoshop detects if you are trying to edit an image of currency, and stops you from opening/printing the file.

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nWkEW TIL that a single sunflower is actually an inflorescence made of up to thousands of smaller flowers
a8PB0 TIL Rob Lowe was uncredited in Tommy Boy (1995) despite having a major speaking role because at the time he was contractually obligated to a miniseries of The Stand. Instead of going through legal hoops to get out of it, he essentially agreed to be in the film as a favor to his friend, Chris Farley.
O7PY TIL of a woman who presented a forged doctor’s note as an excuse for missing her sentencing for, that’s right, forgery.
m1DaE TIL that in 1977, The President of the Central African Republic, Jean-Bédel Bokassa declared himself Emperor in a ceremony, which cost $20 million and was 1/3 the annual budget. He would be overthrown in 1979.
KOXj6 TIL the odds that we’re the only advanced species in the galaxy are one in 60 billion.