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

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69VGJ TIL every time a deck of cards is shuffled the probability that sequence of cards has ever existed before is infinitesimally small due to the immensity of 52!
J1YMQ TIL, the round symbol with black corners coming from the center of it that are used as fiducial markers in crash test dummies and crash test cars is called the Secchi disk. It was invented in 1865 in an era when automobiles weren't an everyday driving vehicle for the masses.
16ZBO TIL People recognize eyebrows more than they do actual eyes
NvVe TIL King Pepy II came to the throne aged nine, and ruled until he was 100. It is said he had a great system for avoiding insects: he would cover a slave in honey. Flies swarmed to the slave and left Pepy in peace. (x-post /r/heresafunfact)
gr7A8 TIL Diet Coke was only invented in 1982.