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TIL Mexican Republican Dollars were once the dominant currency in Shanghai

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VLW4 TIL police departments have fake mobile towers, often called a “Stingray”. These devices act as a fake cell tower, which tricks nearby phones into connecting to it and feeding data to the police.
0GBA TIL Stargate was the first film to have an official dedicated website, in 1994
yVgOp TIL about Central Western Time (UTC+08:45) - a miniscule timezone located in Australia used only by a handfull of roadhouses along the Eyre Highway, one of which is the small Cocklebiddy community.
Z8PBY TIL of a child that woke up from a coma and slowly turned into a vegetable state where he couldn't move. He was fully conscious the full time
DQkNp TIL In 1977, a fire started on a farm in East Turkestan when a 12-year-old in the audience set off a firecracker, which ignited mourning wreaths to the recently deceased Mao Zedong. 694 people were killed, making it the deadliest fire since the establishment of the People's Republic of China.