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TIL that Dave Grohl played drums on all of Tenacious D’s studio albums

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AD4Kw TIL about Room 39, a secret organization tasked with earning foreign money for the North Korean government. They are estimated to earn up to $1 Billion annually, allegedly being involved in drug trade, counterfeiting money, insurance fraud and workers exploitation. They also run a restaurant chain.
nW80o TIL Thomas Jefferson invented the swivel chair.
X0eEQ TIL Previous to the Euro there was the Latin Monetary Union in which many European countries would mint coins to the same LMU standards allowing for ease of exchange. The LMU was established in 1865 and disbanded in 1927. The standards fell out of favor due to currency debasement and WW1.
EoYW TIL the idea of a wolfpack being dominated by an aggressive “alpha” is misunderstood. Packs are family units, and the alphas are simply the parents of the other wolves.
GA7NQ TIL the human genome is about 800 MB, but the unique portions which vary between people can be compressed to only 4 MB.