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TIL there were once $100,000 notes in circulation that are still considered legal tender today

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GAGVJ TIL: The British Secret Service discovered that semen made a great invisible ink while under the leadership of Mansfield Smith-Cumming. His agents adopted the motto, "Every man his own stylo." They later stopped the use due to the smell and questions about agents' masturbatory habits.
PY0gw TIL that in Bude, UK there is an elongated tunnel providing rain shelter for customers to the local superstore (Sainsbury's). As a running joke, it has received numerous 5 star reviews and it's the #3 top thing to do in Bude, leading to some underwhelmed tourists
YkYP TIL there is an online black market where you can buy nearly any illegal drug. The governement can do NOTHING about it.
N7YNE TIL Iranian men have gained an average of 16.5 cm in height, and South Korean women 20.2 cm, becoming the people that have grown the fastest in the last century
xlNk TIL That there is a family with a genetic condition that makes their skin blue, who have been isolated in rural Kentucky for generations.