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TIL a ton of money is worth $908,000 (weighing only dollar bills)

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GAwA1 TIL in WW2 the Royal Air Force had "Committees of Adjustment," whose job was to destroy any embarrasing personal belongings of missing servicemen before handing their things over to the families. An early form of deleting your friend's browser history.
N8VE TIL that Jimmy Carter played a major role in eliminating guinea-worm disease - a parasite that is drank, and then burrows out of your body in the form of a worm.
GYnVG TIL that 5000 janitors in America have PHDs.
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