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TIL that one proposed solution to the US debt ceiling crisis of 2012 was the minting of a 1 trillion dollar coin that would be used to pay off the country’s debt.

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NXOM6 TIL that the current King of Cambodia is the only ruling monarch in the world who speaks Czech fluently.
rj6w TIL that a prisoner named James Carter was leading the men in a song called “Po’ Lazarus”. Someone recorded and preserved them singing for 40 years. In 2000 it was used in a movie soundtrack, which won a Grammy. Carter was tracked down and given thousands in royalties. He didn’t remember the lyrics.
P1W7n TIL that although the Rhodesian Government eventually lost the Bush War, they killed 10,000 of Robert Mugabe’s forces while only losing 1,361 of their own.
yoee TIL the first person of African-American descent to become Governor of a US State was a Louisiana Republican. His Mother was a former slave and his Father was his Mother’s former master.
ADYvg TIL that in 1937 an explosion in a Texas school killed roughly 300 people. One of the letters of condolences that was sent via telegram to the school officials was from Adolf Hitler.