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TIL during WWII the Federal Reserve printed special money for Hawaii to make it easy to render the bills useless if the Japanese overtook Hawaii.

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Zp5Za TIL Newton tested the theory of gravitation involving the moon and Earth but found a discrepancy so large that he did not publish it. Six years later, a new measurement of the size of the Earth and distance of the moon came out and Newton recalculated again to show his theory worked
m9PY TIL that Uzbekistan used to/still does perform non-consensual sterilizations on women after their 2nd childbirth. They would do it by removing the entire uterus. This happened to over 10,000 innocent women.
GYKQg TIL that swimmers who take up synchronized swimming are not allowed to shave their legs because the hairs on their legs help them feel the water line more accurately when doing routines.
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