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TIL Dinosaurs had belly buttons

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9WKB TIL the U.S. does not use bills over $100 because President Nixon wanted to make it harder to move large amounts of money across borders for drug trading.
9wAEm TIL The numbers on a lottery ticket, like for the Powerball or MegaMillions, do not have to be in the order it was drawn to at least win something.
rRN10 TIL that in the XIX century there was a major social movement to limit the working time to 8 hours a day, or 40 hours a week
Y7Jg7 TIL the Trabant became the most common car in East Germany and the average worker there had to wait between 10 to 13 years to acquire one. In the 1980s, it was manufactured with no tachometer, no external fuel door, and no fuel gauge and drivers had to use a dipstick to measure the remaining fuel.
8aOyV TIL necrogamy (posthumous marriage) is legal in France. The living partner must send the President a request, have a serious reason, prove the couple were planning to marry, and get approval from the family of the deceased. At the ceremony, the living partner stands next to a picture of their fiancé