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TIL United States had $1 coins until 2011

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NXBme TIL of Danny Casolaro, a researcher who was found dead in a hotel bathtub shortly before he was set to expose that Reagan committed treason by conspiring with the Iranian government to keep the hostages until his inauguration
ZlWo TIL that it takes 8,000 pounds of force to pull apart two interlocked phone books. You could literally hang two full sized cars from them.
QN0GX TIL in the movie Raiders Of The Lost Ark Harrison Ford playing the Indiana Jones character in one now famous scene goes off script and shoots a swordsman because he had to go the toilet because he had a case of dysentery and the director chose to keep the scene.
nWEWP TIL that the likely reason Italians "speak" with their hands, is that centuries ago gesticulating helped them communicate with others who spoke different local dialects.
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