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TIL that $2 bills rarity aren't due to lack of production, but because they are not widely circulated and are frequently hoarded

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8eKbG TIL that Tim Burton did not actually direct The Nightmare Before Christmas, but instead Henry Selick did, because Burton was already directing Batman Returns.
epBrD TIL about Absolute Music, music that is not explicitly "about" anything. The debate over whether music has, or ought to have, extramusical meaning, has been subject to debate since at least the 19th century.
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