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Today I Learned: the soundtrack from Cover Orange came from a show called Fools Village

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KOJkJ TIL that $2 bills rarity aren't due to lack of production, but because they are not widely circulated and are frequently hoarded
J1PE1 TIL about Operation Gunnerside; Just when the fuses were about to be lit, the caretaker of the heavy-water electrolysis chambers asked the saboteurs if they could help him find his glasses. The saboteurs obliged. They found his glasses, blew up the chambers and the saboteurs all got out alive.
Oorka TIL that Polaris, the famous north star at the tail end of the little dipper constellation, is actually 3 stars very close together that look like a single star
lo0WV TIL about the HMS "Black Joke" a brazillion slave ship that was captured by British Admiralty and repurposed to hunt slave ships. Over it's five year career it is believed to have freed hundreds of slaves after its renaming from "Henriquetta"
yvow TIL - When a Guinea Pig Hops, it’s called “Popcorning”