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TIL that some people search currency bills for interesting serial number sequences. Saw a $1 where all but one digit was a “6” and the dude was asking $475.

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gMDRy TIL about Robert Kahn, a Jew who was forced to play his violin for Nazis while they held his parents and ransacked his home in 1938. Later, he hid the violin. He fled the Nazis, served in the US Army in WW2 and, years later, retrieved the violin from hiding, but never played it again.
5YLbk TIL: Some food factories are impressive
dVo9 TIL the original children’s book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was actually incredibly violent, with Dorothy and friends killing nearly 100 animals and people during their quest. Dorothy’s trademark shoes were also silver, not ruby like the movie.
YpOY7 TIL that for more than 3000 years, chocolate was consumed exclusively as a BEVERAGE until Joseph Fry made the first solid chocolate in 1847.
kJxrB TIL That the price of Big Macs can vary up to 77% between locations