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VM8BG TIL The US convened a Coin Task Force to address a shortage in coinage. They determined there isn’t a shortage per se, instead too much of the $48.5 billion in US are not in circulation.
PJyn TIL The Z-series Spacesuits look a LOT like Buzz Lightyear
e0NYb TIL Petula Clark caused a stir when she touched the arm of Harry Belafonte during a duet. She refused to destroy the negative and sponsors lost their cool. She and her husband ensured the negatives remained in tact by locking herself in the editing suite and refused to do another take.
ab8M TIL the Beatles wrote into their contracts for American concerts that they would not play in front of segregated audiences.
Obx7 TIL the USAF has fire suppression systems in hangars that can cover the floor with 20+ feet of fire-retardant foam