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TIL that in 1792, the U.S. Mint produced the 'Silver Center Cent,' a coin featuring a small silver plug at its center to adjust its weight and value. This innovative design was inspired by Thomas Paine's proposal to create a coin with a one-cent value without making it excessively heavy.

1avLD TIL when J. R. R. Tolkien sold the movie rights for Lord of the Rings, he forbade Disney from ever becoming involved ''as long as it was possible to veto anything from or influenced by the Disney studios for all whose works I have a heartfelt loathing''
BgLeD TIL Zelda Fitzgerald used to ridicule F. Scott Fitzgerald about his penis size so much that he made Ernest Hemingway take a look at it in a public bathroom. Hemingway told him his dick was normal.
aoOJ TIL that a Mexican amusement park offers a fake US-Mexico border crossing attraction, complete with fake smugglers and fake border patrol agents. The aim is to dissuade would be migrants from making the trip. For 3 hours, tourists endure sirens, chases and the fake border patrol yelling threats.
oBaZA TIL of Whitney Cerak. In 2006 she was involved in a vehicular accident in Indiana that left her in comatose and badly injured. But there was a mixed up. She was misidentified as the other lady who actually died. The other family & friends took care of her. The mistake was seen only after 5 weeks.
D4mJ TIL: When “Lose Yourself” won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, not only was Eminem not there to accept the award, he was asleep during the ceremony because he believed he would not win.