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TIL that the largest legal tender in the US was a $100,000 bill. It is currently illegal for an individual to be in possession of one.

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jPrn TIL Theodore Roosevelt watched his mother die of typhoid fever and then immediately had to go upstairs and see his wife die of complications from childbirth.
wRmY TIL The Milgram experiment showed ordinary people are likely to follow orders given by an authority figure, even to the extent of killing an innocent human being. Obedience to authority is ingrained in us all from the way we are brought up.
0wMD1 TIL that Montana is the only US state constitutionally mandated to teach and preserve Native American history and culture.
j6PAE TIL Americans were forbidden to travel to China until 1979, when President Jimmy Carter made the decision to normalize relations with China
NADE TIL there is a valid legal defense against harassment charges known as the Equal Opportunity Asshole or Equal Opportunity Jerk defense in which the accused proves themselves to be an asshole to everyone without discrimination