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TIL that a $500, $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000 were once printed in the US and that the $10,000 bill had a U.S. Chief Justice on it not a president.

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GAvQj TIL that when Frank Zappa’s son was born, the nurse refused to register him with the name “Dweezil,” so Zappa started listing names of musicians he knew, which became his son’s legal name(s). When Dweezil was five, his parents fought to legally change his name to Dweezil at his request and won.
YpgNW TIL Sigmund Freud's development of psychoanalysis, including concepts such as the id, ego, superego, and libido, was all done under the influence of a constant supply of cocaine, which he advocated unreservedly, and even endorsed for cash.
ey5g TIL In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent
k7g4 TIL that M. Night Shyamalan chose not to work on the Life of Pi movie because he didn’t want audiences to suspect a twist.
KOL5Q TIL about "Sludgefest". This is an album made by Brian Borcherdt in which he played old vinyls of Alvin and The Chipmunks on 16 RPM (instead of 33 RPM). This created a collision of pop vocals and sludge-filled doom metal instrumentals instead of the high-pitched songs you're used to.