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TIL United States had $1 coins until 2011

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6eMw TIL prong horned antelope have 10x vision, which means on a clear night they can see the rings of Saturn.
VBX0D TIL: The Adamites were a 15th century sect that took up the practice of going naked through towns and villages. They considered exclusive marriage to be a sin, and that the chaste were unworthy to enter heaven.
b9KD7 TIL that the author of the Japanese horror novel, Battle Royale, had a nightmare where a teacher commanded him and the other students to kill each other. He vividly remembers the expression on his face and his own terror in the dream, which got him to write the book.
MkYV TIL that the voice of Optimus Prime, Peter Cullen, also voiced Eeyore.
BrAMW TIL that there is only one instance in military history of a submarine sinking another while both were submerged: HMS Venturer sank a German U-Boat in 1945 by working out a firing solution on paper after pursuing it undetected for several hours