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TIL In 1739, Benjamin Franklin was pivotal in the commencement of American paper currency and anti-counterfeit measures. He even went as far as intentionally misspelling words and using leaf imprints to fool counterfeiters.

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VMJE0 TIL before the discovery of x-rays or the popularity of xylophones, alphabet books struggled with examples for "X is for...". Some used Greek figures like Xerxes and Xantippe, but others were lazy and just said "X is a letter, like this X".
VMgp4 TIL when Francis Ford Coppola asked Al Pacino if he would star in ‘Apocalypse Now,’ Pacino replied, “I know what this is going to be like. You're going to be up there in a helicopter telling me what to do, and I'm gonna be down in a swamp for five months." The shoot actually lasted sixteen months.
yQlDp TIL they lyrics of the Dire Straits song “Money for Nothing” we’re almost entirely overheard comments of a delivery man in an appliance store. And Sting sung backup & the opening line.
8AGP TIL 54% of US 4-6 YO children, when asked to choose between Watching TV, or Spending Time With Dad, prefer TV
GAe7N TIL: according to the Catholic Church, a woman can be a saint but can never be a priest.