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TIL following the Civil War an estimated one-third to one-half of circulating currency was counterfeit

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6EdpZ TIL that when Monarch Butterflies migrate south over Lake Superior, they steer widely around something invisible for no apparent reason. It’s widely believed that they’re steering around a mountain which no longer exists, and is just a memory that’s still passed on to modern generations
Br1Ry TIL that Twitter holds the patent on “dragging down from the top of your screen to refresh the current page,” but agreed when they acquired the patent to only use it on anyone who sued them first.
m1NXE TIL from 1948 to 1952, future West German Chancellor Willy Brandt was a paid informant on the U.S. Counterintelligence Corps, providing reports on the situation in East Germany.
Z8rrQ TIL in the 1900s the Austerlitz family in Omaha, Lutheran German emigrants, moved to New York City in hopes of finding fortune through their children's vaudeville talents. The son wore a top hat and studied tango, waltz, and other ballroom dances. He would become Fred Astaire.
grPa4 TIL that Antarctica used to be a rainforest