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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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ap7N TIL studies have unsuccessfully tried to kill dogs by overdosing on marijuana.
Z88mB TIL Alexander Graham Bell believed that deafness was something that could eventually be completely eradicated, and was one of the most vocal opponents of ASL.
dg7Z TIL that it was illegal in Soviet Union to not have a job
NpjJ TIL that 1000 years ago it was Kiev, not Moscow, that was the center of Russian power and culture
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