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TIL the Chinese yuan, Japanese yen and South Korean won are all synonyms (圓, "round")

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LQL5m TIL that every human excretes up to half a kilogram of phosphorus through only our urine, per year. This makes urine the primary source of phosphorus in urban areas!
DQo5Y TIL that the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has 40,000 legally dead people who are still alive.
kJe5m Til poles at strip clubs spin, not the strippers on them.
OmJ7 TIL Nicolas Cage turned down the role of Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings due to “family obligations.” Thank you, Nicolas Cage.
Z8xJo TIL the lyrics "Let me stand next to your fire" came from when Jimi Hendrix was at Noel Redding's mother's house, and Jimi asked Noel's mother if he could "stand next to her fire" to warm up. The family dog was laying by the fire which inspired the line, "Move over Rover, and let Jimi take over."