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TIL that the US is still minting half dollar coins
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TIL In 2012, following the Negros earthquake in the Philippines, rumors spread in Cebu City that a tsunami had hit causing residents to panic. The panic was said to have been caused by a misinterpreted cry for someone named "Chona Mae," which was mistaken as a call for "tsunami."
0reA
TIL nearly ¼ of all mammal species are bats.
grl64
TIL 850,000 people were tried in court for taking part in the Rwandan genocide, the last case ended in 2012
VMeRB
TIL that Julia Morgan was the first woman to be admitted to the architecture program at l'École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the first woman architect licensed in California. She became William Randolph Hearst's principal architect, working on Hearst Castle from 1919 to 1947.
Egjp
TIL: There is a replica of the White House in Atlanta which was built as a Private Home