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TIL that parts of Cameroon use beer bottle caps as currency - just like the videogame Fallout.

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xVMmb TIL the Americas were never named after Christopher Columbus, because Columbus believed he had sailed across the Atlantic to India. Instead, the Americas were named after Amerigo Vespucci, the first person to suggest there was a new world.
6KLm TIL A neon light was left on and covered over in a downtown LA restaurant, then found again still working after 77 years.
KOZPG TIL of Albert Hofmann, who synthesized LSD. On 16 April 1943, he accidentally consumed some LSD and discovered its powerful effects. Three days later, he intentionally ingested 0.25 mg of LSD, whose effects he began to feel as he rode home on a bike. This was the first LSD trip.
XNE8 TIL: The patent for the Lego brick expired years ago, which is why copycat products like Mega Bloks are allowed to exist
95AG TIL A tooth that is knocked out if you can shove it back in within 5 minute it may be saved.