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TIL that in the UK fees for school trips are voluntary, and the school is not allowed to stop your child going if you don't/can't pay

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040y TIL the most valuable legal tender coin in the world is a $1 million coin made in Australia. But being that it weighs 1,000kg and is 99.99% pure gold, it is worth almost $45 million
8eGG8 TIL the longest (distance) recorded cloud-to-cloud lightning strike was 477 miles stretching from Texas to Mississippi, and the longest (duration) lightning strike was 17 seconds and happened over Uruguay.
wLA11 TIL The "Indian Chief Note" is the only issue of U.S. paper money on which a Native American is the central feature.
91yX TIL the computers of Iran’s nuclear program were hacked, causing them to blare “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC.
rdy1 TIL that there is a positive correlation between vitamin D and testosterone levels in men. The more sunlight exposure a man gets the more likely it is that he has elevated testosterone levels.