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TIL economists estimate that only 8 percent of the world's currency exists as physical cash

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7r0WZ TIL that King Arthur had a Muslim knight: Sir Palamedes. In Arthurian Legends, he is famed for being part of the Tristan-Isolde-Palamedes love triangle, the hunt for the Questing Beast, and the search for the Holy Grail (wherein he converts to Christianity).
LQg49 TIL Pizza wasn't popular in Italy until it was popular in America. It was just a cheap peasant street food in Naples for centuries. Southern Italian Americans, being richer in America than back home, made more elaborate pizzas. Italians then started making pizza to cater to American tourists.
vvEx TIL because they had banned nuclear power, New Zealand refused to let US warships dock in their waters. This led to a ban on NZ ships at U.S. defense and coast guard bases around the world, and being considered “a friend, but not an ally” for 26 years.
69e9Y Today I learned that some blind people have an ability called "blindsight", causing them to be aware of some visual changes despite not consciously perceiving them.
Bg1Re TIL in 1861 the balloon Enterprise flew 500 feet above the White House and its pilot transmitted a message to Abraham Lincoln via telegraph.