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TIL The Oldest Currencies Still Used Today

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j6wRM TIL That geckos harness the quantum energy of the vacuum of space to help them climb walls.
dbg7 TIL of Nobuo Fujita, the only person to ever drop a bomb on the contiguous U.S. He was later invited back to the town he unsuccessfully bombed but carried his family’s 400 y/o sword to commit seppuku if he received a hostile reception. He was greeted warmly, and donated the sword to the town instead
paO8 TIL that the battle of Cannae was so utterly devastating that Rome declared a day of mourning because there was no one in the city who was not either related to or knew someone who had died.
WXp9 TIL that in 2011, Two farmers fed up with bribe demands dumped over 40 live snakes in a local tax office in India
Egxxd TIL that Coco Chanel was a Nazi Spy and a huge Anti-Semite.