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TIL a $5 bill featuring Santa Claus was once legal tender

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kOZB4 TIL Dudley Moore was a child prodigy on the piano and organ.
VMvem TIL of half-life of knowledge is the amount of time that has to elapse before half of the knowledge or facts in a particular area is superseded or shown to be untrue. An engineering degree went from having a half life of 35 years in ca. 1930 to about 10 years in 1960.
MeMy7 TIL that The Dirty Dozen was inspired by a WWII paratrooper squadron called The Filthy Thirteen, who used to wear warpaint and mohawks into war, and were famous for disregarding military rules and laws.
neaPo TIL about the War of the Heavenly Horses, in which China fought Greeks in Central Asia because the Chinese wanted Greek horses.
69dnJ TIL about the My Way Killings. Since 1998, 12 people have been murdered in karaoke bars in the Philippines for singing Frank Sinatra's, My Way and no-one really knows why.