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TIL that you would call someone from Albany, New York, an Albanian.

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QNlGk TIL about the Gulf rupee, which was issued by the Government of India and was equivalent to the Indian rupee. Between 1956 and 1966, it was the official currency used in areas that today form the countries of Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and the UAE.
rRLDx TIL that Ted Jorgenson abandoned his son shortly after his birth. A reporter managed to find Ted, who owns a bike shop, and asked about his son. He had no clue who his son was, and upon refreshing his memory Ted asked if he's still alive. His son ended up being the richest man on earth, Jeff Bezos.
G8y4 TIL that Nirvana’s cover of David Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold The World” off of their 1993 MTV Unplugged album revitalized people’s interest in Bowie while also leading his younger listeners to think he was covering Nirvana, much to his annoyance.
N7nX6 TIL that in 1947, a ship carrying ammonium nitrate exploded, ripping the wings off airplanes flying nearby, launching its 2 ton anchor over a mile and a half away, blowing out windows 10 miles away, decimating the entire port of Texas City and the surrounding areas, killing at least 581 people.
JYWm TIL Les Stroud (Survivorman) claims to have encountered bigfoot twice.