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TIL WTF happened to the US economy in 1971 with the suspension of the Bretton Woods Gold standard for money.

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k4Gg TIL Liam Neeson was an Irish amateur boxing champion, a forklift driver for Guinness and dropped out of a degree in computer Science all before the age of 25.
pRwG TIL: The second highest rated PC Game of all time, with a score of 96, is “Out of the Park Baseball 2007” just under Half Life 2
gMmx7 TIL that bananas have no seeds as they are a sterile hybrid between two species (Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana), and the production of seeds is not necessary to get the fruit. As the plant can only reproduce through cloning, all the bananas in a package are usually clones of the same banana
VMBRk At just 11 light-years away, it’s basically next door
1bJW TIL Dr.Pepper was released in 1885, one year before Coca-Cola