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TIL the African Union intends to have a single, continent-wide currency modeled on the Euro. One proposed name for the currency is the “Afro.”

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6lWQ TIL a woman gave birth to a healthy baby after having committed suicide
xVEWk TIL of Bill Millin, a bagpiper who was one of the first soldiers to charge on D-day. While playing the pipes, his comrades fell around him. He said he only survived because German snipers thought he was too crazy to shoot.
VBgGk TIL: Sweet potatoes are not actually related to regular potatoes, but are instead a member of the "morning glory" family (Convolvulaceae).
ZNkQ TIL that there are two towers in Milan called the Bosco Verticale that are host to more than 700 trees constituting more than 90 species. The name literally means ‘Vertical Forest’
0wZ1j TIL of Ines Ramirez, who was forty years old, far from medical assistance and struggling during a difficult birth. She cut into her own abdomen with a kitchen knife and delivered her son, becoming the only person to have performed a Caesarean section on herself.