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TIL the US dollar has declined 95% in value since the inception of the Federal Reserve in 1913.

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MeoWB TIL that for decades the CIA owned and ran Crypto, a Swiss company that supplied cryptography equipment to many countries; naturally, the machines were rigged to give US spooks access to everyone's communications.
69yQY TIL that Waffle House has a unique way of staging orders in their kitchens called the Magic Marker System that does not require a written order. This involves placing items like ketchup packets, napkins or tomato slices at specific locations on the plate to serve as a visual order for the cook.
vPp14 TIL that on June 12, 1942, a Beaufighter Mk.1C conducted a raid in broad daylight at very low altitude along the Champs-Élysées to drop a French flag and then attacked the headquarters Gestapo building with a rocket.
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