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TIL A woman already appeared on U.S. paper currency when Martha Washington was on the $1 dollar silver certificate in 1886

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LQ1EV TIL that the painting “Head of Christ”, an American view of Jesus, has been dubbed the “best-known American artwork of the 20th century” based in terms of widespread diffusion despite few people knowing the name of its author (Warner E. Sallman).
l7vxr TIL about the Cuban Rafter crisis resulting in 35k fleeing to u.s. by makeshift rafts. Resulted in 16k deaths (1994)
yVow8 TIL: That after watching males succeed at a series of puzzling tasks, female birds traded their simple-minded beaus for more cognitively competent partners.
4AjN TIL it is against the law for supermarkets, department stores, and other big box stores in Rhode Island, Maine, and Massachusetts to be open on Thanksgiving.
p6Lb TIL on April 1, 1980, BBC news ervice “reported” that the Big Ben will get a digital readout, and that the clock hands will be given to the first four listeners to call. Later on, BBC received a massive amount of phone calls from angry protestors, and ended up spending several days to apologize.