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TIL that by law, only dead people can appear on United States currency

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l7YWV TIL The Shiba Inu is the most genetically closest dog breed to wolves.
8arGZ TIL of Craig Williamson, a Florida man who was watching "Unsolved Mysteries" and recognized himself as the missing person in Colorado. He claimed he was beaten in a robbery and developed amnesia. He was later reunited with his wife whom he had no memory of. Police are skeptical of the story.
5gPP TIL that after water, concrete is the most used substance in the world.
9bM TIL Intel spilled 1.4 tons of carbon tetrachloride in Rio Rancho, New Mexico in 2003. Deceased dogs in the area were found to have high levels of toluene, hexane, ethylbenzene, and xylene isomers in their lungs. Intel later lied and reported no release of carbon tetrachloride for all of 2003.
7wmP TIL that the surname “Kennedy” means “ugly head” in Gaelic.