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TIL in the 1938 the Spanish created Abstract Art prison cells and used them to commit psychological torture.

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Ap4l TIL In the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta, 11 athletes were sent home after cheating their way into favorable classes. At the Sydney games in 2000, the Spanish mentally handicapped basketball team won the gold medal. It later turned out that 10 players were completely healthy
7aoO TIL that Panera Bread has 5 locations that have no set prices, only suggested donations, so people who can’t afford food can still eat there
0dZPM TIL The Earliest Known Use of Rubber Dates Back to Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations of the Olmec, Maya, and Aztec. They used the sap of rubber trees to make a variety of products, including balls for a ball game and waterproof coats.
KOe69 TIL National Dollar Day on August 8th commemorates the day Congress established the U.S. monetary system in 1786. In 1862, the United States printed its first dollar bill. It wasn’t George Washington face, The first dollar bill featured Salmon P. Chase, President Lincoln’s Secretary of Treasury.
KYDb6 TIL the work Alan Turing and others worked on at Bletchley Park is estimated to have shortened World War 2 in Europe by over two years and saved over 14 million lives.