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TIL that the US could save $300-$600 million per year by switching to $1 coin instead of paper

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R5lB9 TIL about the Egyptian-Hittite peace treaty, which is the oldest recorded peace treaty in history (c.1259 BCE). In this treaty, both parties agreed to end their war, form an alliance in the event of foreign or domestic aggression, and to the extradition of rebels, fugitives, and political refugees.
grOKb TIL on August 21st, 1989 Film producer H.B. Halicki, was killed in an accident on the set of gone in 60 seconds 2, in Buffalo, N.Y. Halicki, 48, of Gardena, died when a cable that was attached to a water tower snapped and severed a telephone pole, which fell on him.
0w5dv TIL in 1898 during the Spanish-American war, Nikola Tesla once invented a remote controlled boat he thought could end warfare.
p8eRO TIL that “Shots to roughly 80 percent of targets on the body would not be fatal blows” and that “if a gunshot victim’s heart is still beating upon arrival at a hospital, there is a 95 percent chance of survival”
GAZAJ TIL: The taller you are, the more likely you are to develop cancer as you have more cells according to the Million Women study which indicates that 15/17 cancer sites, height was statistically significant. In comparison, socioeconomic status has little correlation with cancer