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TIL United States had $1 coins until 2011

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Bgy7K Today I learned that Hans Christian Andersen based his story "The Emperor's New Clothes" on a folk tale about a king who is tricked by swindlers who claim to have made clothes that can't be seen by any man who isn't the son of the king's presumed father.
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