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TIL the Royal Canadian Mint has manufactured coins for over 70 countries

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e4dn TIL 100 years ago today, the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company called militiamen, company guards, and thugs to kill striking miners. They even brought in the “Death Special” which was an armored car with a machine gun mounted on it.
8aYEK TIL that between 991 and 1018, the Anglo-Saxon kings of England paid an important economic tribute to the Viking invaders worth circa 2.8 million troy oz in silver coins. This explains why today there are still more Anglo-Saxon silver coins in Denmark than in England.
Egr5x TIL people are heavier today compared to the 1970s and 80s even after controlling for the same amount of caloric intake and exercise.
a8EyM TIL the Canadian Association of Journalists hands out an award annually for "Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy" for hiding information from the public and this years winner is National Defence
aRw9 Til I learned that theres a group in germany called Prevention Project Dunkelfeld that gives clinical and support services to Peadophiles that haven’t offended and want to control their sexual urges.