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TIL that the annual Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act in the US prhibits the redesign of the $1 bill because of how little it gets counterfeited. (pg 24, section 118)

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wLRbM TIL when a pedophile ring was uncovered in the Pitcairn Islands the islanders tried to declare independence from the UK as a legal defence, in perhaps the only example of a group seeking independence for the freedom to sexually abuse children
OGMVg TIL about the Weeping crucifix in Mumbai, which attracted which attracted attention in 2012 when a constant stream of water began to seep from its feet. Initially believed to be a miracle, it was later proven to be water from a faulty sewage system through capillary action.
Y1WZ TIL that American mapmakers included a false town to try and catch plagiarism
WW0B TIL that a recent medical study that discredited a low sugar diet was funded by Coca Cola, Hershey’s, General Mills, and several other major food companies.
9wv17 TIL: During the filming of 'Dexter,' actor Jimmy Smits accidentally grabbed a real knife and stabbed a stuntman in the chest; the stuntman survived unharmed due to the blade hitting a post-it note sized piece of plastic covering his heart.