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TIL that in the 1600-1700's Sweden minted coins made out of copper. Given the abundance and low value of copper, the coins were massive. The largest coin, the 10-daler, weighed nearly 44 pounds.

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VBlRk TIL of Francis Bowes Sayre Jr., grandson of U.S. president Woodrow Wilson. Unlike his grandfather, who authorized and imposed widespread federal segregation, Francis was a fierce opponent of segregation, going so far as to march alongisde Martin Luther King Jr. from Selma to Montgomery.
AQv4 TIL that the quokka, a completely harmless marsupial, is totally unafraid of humans– to the point that some were once kicked to death by mean-spirited kids in “quokka soccer”.
YpyG TIL that a 14 year old boy from Malawi built a windmill for his home and figured out on his own how to harness the power from the windmill to have electricity and pumping water in his house.
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