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TIL with the exceptions of manatees and sloths, all mammals have 7 cervical vertebrae, or neck bones.

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7rQkZ TIL the Australian government held a national competition to name their new currency in 1963. Some of the proposed names were austral, oz, boomer, roo, emu, kanga, koala, digger, dinkum, kwid, and ming, before the parliament settled on dollar.
p0OA TIL Koreans donated billions of euros’ worth of gold jewelry, personal heirlooms, and other valuables to help pay down the nation’s IMF debt in the wake of the 1997 Asian financial crisis
Gbyg TIL that pleasant earthy smell after rain is called Petrichor and occurs due to the soil absorbing and then releasing oils from certain plants.
xDj7 TIL: Karl Marx was known for his extravagant and wasteful spending
GYKON TIL a 1970s East German currency shortage lead to the modern Vietnamese coffee industry