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TIL that before the Civil War there were 8,000 different kinds of money in circulation in the US - the same banknote had different value depending on location

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dDQnE TIL that the fear of long words is called Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. The 36-letter word was first used by the Roman poet Horace in the first century BCE to criticise those writers with an unreasonable penchant for long words.
eyxD TIL NORAD has had to intercept 12-18 Russian bombers annually at the Canadian border since 2007.
neEXB TIL: Dwayne Johnson "aka: The Rock" began his acting and wrestling career after being cut from the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. He would later say "Sometimes, your biggest dreams that don’t come true are the best things that never happened."
a86KA TIL the party of the president has only won seats in the midterms twice since WW2
b9A09 TIL seahorse couples greet each other every morning with a dance, which sometimes involves changing colour. It is a way of reinforcing their bond and synchronising their reproductive cycles.