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TIL riding roller coasters can help you pass kidney stones

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Zp04Q TIL The Mexican Airforce no longer operates any combat jets.
doXZ TIL Issac Newton invented the ridges along the edges of coins, still in use today, to prevent theft
P1Y1n TIL in 1950 the Boyscouts of America ran a 40th anniversary campaign called "Strengthen the Arm of Liberty" where they sent ~200 copper replicas of the Statue of Liberty around the US. Despite being over 8' tall and weighing 260lb, many have been lost and now only ~100 can be accounted for.
5K8B TIL a woman tried to use a fake million dollar bill to buy $1,675 worth of merchandise at Wal-Mart and expected $998,325 in change
A8ba TIL Sid Meier wasn’t bothered about online play in the first Civilization game, saying “if you had friends, you wouldn’t need to play computer games”.