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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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neOpo TIL In 2016, the Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum in Hollywood paid $4.8 million for Marilyn Monroe's “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” dress that Monroe wore at JFK's 45th birthday celebration. The purchase cements it as one of the most expensive pieces of pop-culture memorabilia of all time.
e0dkg TIL Germany's flag is actually an alternative to the actual flag
4k8w6 TIL African-Americans enjoyed equal rights in the aftermath of the Civil War. It was a series of policies and Supreme Court decisions that disenfranchised the black community and stripped them gradually over the decades over their newfound freedoms. In 1873 there was even a Black Governor of LA.
LQdmQ TIL that Henry Ford's net worth upon death (in 1947) equates to around $200 billion in today's money, making him the 3rd richest person to have ever lived.
N7XJQ TIL of the "Pompeii Masturbator:" a man who appears to have been forever immortalised in the midst of some personal time.