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TIL the Federal Reserve had extremely large denomination bills only useable internally. They were not legal tender and citizens couldn’t own them

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LQw6d TIL that in 1935 a fan walked onto the field and took an at bat in a Major League Baseball game, the only time a spectator has ever done so.
mjRo TIL to avoid boredom while in a POW camp during the Korean War, Lt. John Thornton would ride an imaginary motorcycle around. He did this every day until the guards called him to their headquarters and took away his imaginary motorcycle stating that it was against rules and regulations.
mxO0y TIL Alfred Nobel, of the Nobel Prize lost his brother to an accident at his lab. They were working with liquid nitrogen and attempting to create a more stable explosive. Nobel was able to complete his research after the accident and invented dynamite.
6VDW TIL In Moscow, Russia, there are stray dogs that ride the subways on the same schedule each day.
mvYM TIL of a rugby player who suffered a torn scrotum and lost four teeth. After asking the physio to stitch him back up he returened to play only to be given a concussion and forced to watch the rest of the game from the bench. He claims to have no recollection of this game.