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TIL 69% of Americans have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts and 34% have no savings at all

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wLEn6 TIL of Yap, an island that uses massive stones for currency. It is said that one of these stones which had sunk to the bottom of the ocean while being transported years ago continues to be used as real currency today despite not having been seen since.
N7Nve TIL that the famous classical composer Vivaldi died poor and no music was played in his funeral.
b9W0 TIL that in the novel Slumdog Millionaire is based on, the hero’s real goal is to get close enough to the game show host to assassinate him
E1egw TIL in Finnish folklore, most Gods and Goddesses appear as married couples with equal or overlapping realms, and thunder is caused when Ukko, the god of skies, and his wife, the earth mother Akka, are having sex