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TIL that the Vietnamese unit of currency is the 'Dong.'
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TIL that Dan Harmon, creator of Community, based the series off of his real-life experiences at Glendale Community College.
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TIL 90% of Icelandic women went on strike both professionally and domestically in 1975. This led to the passage of equal pay legislation the following year.
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TIL Caesar salads are named after Chef Caesar Cardini, not Julius Caesar.
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TIL in 1994, Russian Premier Boris Yeltsin escaped from the Presedential Guest House in Washington, and was found by the CIA in his underpants, drunk, yelling for a taxi so he could get pizza.
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TIL that April Fool's Day has existed since at least the mid-sixteenth century. The earliest unambiguous reference is a poem published in 1561 by the Flemish writer Eduard De Dene, which described a nobleman who sent his servant back and forth on various absurd errands on April 1st