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TIL United States had $1 coins until 2011

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gMM4W And what, if anything, could’ve prevented it?
lov75 TIL that Bhutan is the only country in the world whose nature converts more CO2 than the land itself produces.
4XwD5 TIL: An 800-pound photo radar speed camera was stolen from a Toronto intersection. It has never been found.
JryQ TIL China had the equivalent of a Hurricane Katrina every month for 100 years. This totally destabilized the country, and helps explain how one of the largest most sophisticated states in the world collapsed so quickly. They are still recovering from these ecological disasters today.
wonyP TIL in 1987, three unidentified individuals hijacked two Chicago television signals wearing a Max Headroom mask. Where the man was seen and heard uttering garbled remarks before dropping his pants, partially exposing his buttocks, and was then spanked with a flyswatter by a woman.