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TIL that not only do $500 and $1000 bills exist, but they are still legal tender

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D1bDD TIL it takes a crane and $50 000 to castrate a hippo in Columbia
N7e4e TIL while his opponent traveled all over the country campaigning, McKinley won both the 1896 and 1900 presidential elections by staying at his home in Canton, Ohio and giving speeches off his front porch to whoever showed up to listen.
8e4DZ TIL that after the Civil War broke out, the US Army seized Robert E. Lee's home as it was close to Washington and had strategic value. As the war progressed and cemeteries filled, the army started burying soldiers there. Today the land is known as Arlington National Cemetery
4XwrR TIL The great conjunction is the time where Jupiter and Saturn meet. It coincides with winter solstice this year.
6Eg68 TIL If you have a rope long enough to wrap around the entire circumference of the globe. The rope is 24,901.55 miles long. If you now want to lengthen the rope so that it can hover one foot off the ground at all points on earth. It only takes just 6.28 feet more of rope.