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TIL United States had $1 coins until 2011
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TIL that Hugh Jackman, at 1.90 (6ft3in), stands 30cm taller than Wolverine, portrayed in the comic as 1.60 (5ft3in). When they made X-Men (2000) the filmmakers were forced to shoot Jackman at unusual angles or from the waist up to make him appear shorter, and his co-stars wore platform soles.
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TIL the Netherlands government will subsidize sex from prostitutes for disabled citizens.
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TIL Being overweight literally makes you dumber. As body weight increases patients do worse and worse on learning and memory tests. Obesity also literally shrinks the physical size of the brain, damages the areas used for creativity/imagination, and raises the risk of dementia.
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TIL there has been more human casualties in the Mexican Narcotics wars than in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.
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TIL that the ānā in the 7-ELEVEn logo is the only lowercase letter because it was believed that an all uppercase logo would look too harsh.