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TIL Switzerland is unique in having enough nuclear fallout shelters to accommodate its entire population

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eGKn TIL that a movement seeks to rename the Australian dollar to the “dollarydoo”, based on a classic ‘The Simpsons’ episode. Doing so would increase demand for the currency and strengthen the Australian economy, organizers claim.
b9Pp TIL that in The Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, there is an ATM that dispenses gold bars
JYWGj TIL we know what Napoleon Bonaparte smelled like. He ordered multiple bottles of cologne monthly and spread it on himself with a brush. The cologne is called 4711 and the same recipe is still used today as when Napoleon used it.
N7Pke TIL: in 2017, a frat party in a Maryland house tested positive on a breathalyzer because there was so much alcohol in the air.
VBGmD TIL That 40000 hats and 20000 sunglasses are lost at Disneyland every year.