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TIL That Canada only has the "Loonie" because the original design was lost or stolen during transit

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QNMx9 TIL California was mistakenly considered an island for centuries on world maps. The legend proposed that it was terrestrial paradise, like the Garden of Eden. This misconception was resolved in the 18th century
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85Zb TIL an airplane crashed into the Empire State Building in 1945. Among other damage, plane parts severed the cables for an elevator and the woman inside fell over 70 stories. She lived and holds the world record for the longest survived elevator fall.
Xokr TIL that Shel Silverstein, author and illustrator of the popular children’s books “Where the Sidewalk Ends” and “The Giving Tree”, was the main cartoonist for Playboy in 1957.
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