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TIL Song Dynasty created paper money to match its booming economy and also drove it off the cliff with hyperinflation

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wo6vY TIL: That in 1974, a man performed a highwire walk between the Twin Towers of the WTC in New York. Philippe Petit, a street artist from Paris, took 6 years to plan what he called "le coup" (heist). The feat was later described as the "artistic crime of the century".
9BZM TIL that because of Aboriginal avoidance laws, Many Australian television programs and films include a title card warning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to “use caution viewing this film, as it may contain images or voices of dead persons”
4X0N TIL that Marineland in Canada kept a killer whale in a tiny indoor tank for 5 years without sunlight
0vMp TIL NFL player Malcom Floyd’s parents allowed his older brother to name him. The older brother, Malcolm, named him after himself.
x6LDB TIL about Strom Thurmond filibuster. On 28 August 1957, US Senator Strom Thurmond conducted the longest speaking filibuster ever by a lone senator, at 24 hours and 18 minutes in length, in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The filibuster failed to prevent the passage of the bill