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TIL that during the Great Depression, fake currency called Depression Scrip (which were things such as shells, wood, paper, etc) was used as local currency instead of US dollars due to banks being closed.

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KYARR TIL Twentieth Century-Fox used its profits from its film Star Wars to buy the Pebble Beach Golf Course in May 1979.
kO151 TIL a suicide bomber was blown up prematurely when a spam text wishing her a happy New Year detonated the bomb.
NWR8 TIL The original Bill of Rights was to consist of 12 Amendments. However, the states only ratified Articles 3-12. Article 2 was ratified in 1992, and Article 1 is still pending to this day.
j6yKa TIL that, in Ancient Rome, in 9 AD, under the Lex Papia Poppaea, celibate persons had to pay higher taxes and were banned from inheriting
VKQm TIL a bay in Newfoundland is named either “Bay of Despair” or “Bay of Hope,” but nobody knows which name is the original and which is a corruption