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TIL Kennedy half dollar coins have been back in general circulation since 2021.

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wLxMP TIL following a public petition to release him, at the age of 100 Bill Wallace, an Australian man who had spent several decades in an institution for the criminally insane, was allowed to leave. He refused, reportedly saying "“Don’t be f***ing silly, I live here.”.
VMBW8 TIL: After Emperor Valerian and his army surrendered to Persia, the Persians had them do engineering and architecture as work while prisoners. As a result, The City of Shushtar is the most eastern Roman city, despite never being part of the Roman Empire.
Br7Lk TIL that a British ship deliberately threw slaves into the ocean in order to cash in on the insurance of the slaves.
QJ69e TIL that the The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in the UK has a £1 million bounty to the first person who creates a product that is 100% chemical-free
E1D6P TIL - Gordie Howe personally provided the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” a copy of his #9 Red Wings jersey