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TIL portraits of presidents were not depicted on the official currency of the USA until the beginning of the 20th century. The first dollars had the figures and faces of the characters of Greek and Roman mythology and pictures with the participation of Native Americans appeared on the money.

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neW17 TIL that In 2008, Iran tried to make the world's largest sandwich, a 1,500 metre long ostrich and chicken combo. The record attempt failed because spectators started eating the sandwich before officials could take a measurement.
d8yDQ TIL Cameron Crowe almost lost the opportunity to use “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel in the film Say Anything - Crowe got a call from Peter denying the usage because Crowe accidentally sent Peter and his label a screening of a John Belushi biopic, Wired. Peter liked it, but felt it wouldn’t work.
0dXVy TIL There are consumers who are known as Harbingers of Failure. They have a knack for buying products that turn out to be market flops. "when the harbingers buy a product at least three times, it’s really bad news: The probability of success for that product drops 56 percent."
Nl68 TIL a twenty-year-old obsessed with a movie about a heist stole $215,000 from the bank he worked for and disappeared. His whereabouts are still unknown.
wLAAW TIL the great argus is a species of pheasant from SE Asia. The male performs a very ostentatious mating ritual, sometimes humorously called "pick-a-card." Linnaeus named the bird owing to its intricate eye-like patterns on its wings, in reference to Argus, a 100-eyed character from Greek mythology.