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TIL that the Eiffel Tower in Paris was originally intended to be a temporary exhibit built to celebrate the 1889 world’s fair and was almost torn down and scrapped in 1909.

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66dZ TIL that atheists in the USA have disapproval rates higher than those of Muslims and homosexuals
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dDZRQ TIL that the top seven US currency demonimations in circulation, based on volume, are: $100, $1, $20, $5, $50, $10, and $2. For instance, in 2021, there were 17.7 billion $100 bills, but only 1.4 billion $2 bills.
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