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TIL that Euro bills feature bridges that represent European architecture through history. The bridges were originally fictitious to avoid favoritism within the EU, but a Dutch architect built them anyways in the Netherlands.

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BrP0b TIL Mixed-race relations were a felony in some states in the South, but also in western and plains States until 1967, when the Supreme Court struck down laws against it. As late as 2009 a Louisiana Justice of the Peace refused to perform a mixed race ceremony, was sued and resigned.
PYl1O TIL the Salvation Army is a religious organization and not just a charity
wM8M TIL The first mention of Muhammad in the West comes from a discussion between Byzantine Christian and Jew written shortly after Muhammad’s death in 632. It says,“He is deceiving. For do prophets come with sword and chariot?You will discover nothing true from the said prophet except human bloodshed”
jNPXE TIL of the Sahara pump theory, which states that in about 10,000 years from now, the change in the orientation of the rotational axis of Earth's poles will move the North African Monsoon far enough north to convert the Sahara back into a tropical climate, as it was during 5,000–10,000 years ago
ZLBR TIL 3M company name stands for “Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company” = 3M