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TIL despite the $100 note being the most counterfeited USD currency outside the States, within the US the most commonly counterfeited note is actually the $20.

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wVm1 TIL musicians brainwaves sync up when they play music together
e4DD TIL that reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone changed the entire geography of the park: as elk were displaced, saplings that would have been eaten by elk were spared, riverbank erosion was brought under control, and streams and rivers shifted their courses.
R7daQ TIL that in the case of discovering aliens, we already have a representative who will handle all communication with them. Simonetta Di Pippo, is the current director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and is the designated person to act as an ambassador to extraterrestrials.
EMoW TIL: the character Detective John Munch as played by Richard Belzer has appeared on more shows than any other character in television history including Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order: SVU, 30 Rock, The X-Files, The Simpsons, The Wire, Arrested Development, and Sesame Street.
Bke TIL in 1959, a radio DJ named Peter Tripp kept himself awake for over 200 hours for charity, and never recovered psychologically.