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TIL Dollar comes from the Dutch "Daalder" and was imported by the Spanish & the $ comes from the F of Florence, Italy, where the bills were printed. (Read the article, it is really interesting)

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rnd TIL that Matthew Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom, wore a fat suit, ear extenders, and false teeth.
9KEm TIL the Middle East used to be covered in vast forests, but was deforested for building projects causing erosion that turned much of the area into desert.
Bgvyy TIL about “The Hum”- a global constant sound that’s making some people mad. Can you hear it?
WkRv9 TIL The Roman – Persian wars are the longest in history, lasting over 680 years. They began in 53 BC and ended in 627 AD.
x67rB TIL Xiongnu emperor Helian Bobo set up extreme limits for his workers. If an arrow could penetrate armor, the armorer would be killed; if it could not, the arrowmaker would be killed. When he was building a fortress, if a wedge was able to be driven an inch into a wall, the wallmaker would be killed