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TIL The Oldest Currencies Still Used Today

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P1Ogw TIL that before the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima, a B29 weather reconnaissance plane called Straight Flush flew over the city to determine if conditions were favourable. Its pilot, Claude Eatherly later expressed remorse, received psychiatric hospitalisation, and engaged in anti-nuclear activism.
XEYLR TIL Over 5% of Americans Are Millionaires
BgGPL TIL dolphins and some birds can sleep with only half their brain, while the other half stays awake. They may shut one eye while doing this.
Z8rDp TIL Mahatma Gandhi got married to a 14 year girl named Kasturba in 1883 when he was 13 years old through an arranged marriage, however, they were not allowed to live together because of their young ages for several years owing to the prevailing traditions.
ob7Y TIL if an octopus gets stressed out, it might self-cannibalize and eat it’s own limbs.