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TIL in 2017, Visa offered up to 50 small food and restaurant vendors $10,000 if they would agree to stop accepting cash.

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xorB TIL the word ‘bender’ is british slang for 'gay’ and 'The Last Airbender’ became an unintentional comedy when screened in the UK
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