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TIL that the Queen of England’s portrait has been on enough international money to make a progressive timeline of her aging.

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e0584 TIL the killer of Malcom X is still alive and out of prison.
8agBZ TIL The Uniform Monday Holiday Act (Pub.L. 90–363, 82 Stat. 250) is an Act of Congress that amended the federal holiday provisions of the United States Code to establish the observance of certain holidays on Mondays (including Memorial Day, formerly May 30th). Signed: 6/28/1968; Effective: 1/1/1971
jYN TIL that when the Spanish asked the Mayans what their land was named, they replied “Yucatán” which literally translates to “I don’t understand you.”
G8eE TIL when Daft Punk recorded an interview with Giorgio Moroder (godfather of electronic music) for their song “Giorgio by Moroder”, they used microphones from 60s to 00s, so when he spoke of a period in his life, it would be recorded with a microphone that existed within the same timeframe.
yQnNv TIL of the tradition of the Missing Man (a.k.a Fallen Comrade Table) which is used to honor fallen, missing or imprisoned military service members