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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.

E1Rm7 TIL that most of the water scenes in the titanic were filmed in a large pool.
GYdYQ TIL: US President Ronald Reagan was the first to pardon a Thanksgiving turkey. He did it as a way to distract from a political scandal.
x05 TIL the Yellow Power Ranger is dead
e0Ov4 TIL ravens can talk
0wZlv TIL that a completely blind atheist was Oklahoma's first US Senator.