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TIL Russian 500-ruble bill features Argentinian Libertad boat. The graphic designer of the bill admitted he simply used the first photograph of a large frigate he had encountered on the internet

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5gY9 TIL that a tree in Athens, Georgia legally owns itself after the landowner deeded itself and the surrounding land to the tree.
MXaV TIL A RAF pilot fell 18,000 feet without a parachute, only to suffer a sprained leg. His reaction to the fall: lit a cigarette.
bxoE TIL that CVS took a $2 billion hit to annual sales when it quit carrying tobacco.
mXnx TIL that a 92 yr old man has pirated over 300,000 copies of DVDs for soldiers in combat
obPY TIL that the Sydney Opera House actually has terrible acoustics. Edo de Waart, the former chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, once threatened to boycott the building. There is a A$202 Million project to renovate and improve the acoustics.