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TIL: The oldest operating whiskey distillery in NYC is only 4 years old

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4Jya TIL Apollo 17 astronaut Jack Schmitt earned the nickname “Twinkletoes” for his not so nimble moon walks.
d8j7d TIL Sudan launched a new currency as a precautionary measure, following South Sudan's independence in 2011. It is estimated up to 2bn Sudanese pounds are in circulation in the new country, which has the potential to destabilise Sudan's economy
4jeg TIL Ben Franklin had a business turning old rag newspapers into pulp & paper. He later got the contract to print US currency & begat the term “rags to riches”
DQ1GY TIL that people used to believe that every sperm had a little, tiny human being inside