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TIL the FBI has an Instagram page that's private, has zero followers, but has 26 posts that no one's ever seen

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GY81j TIL until the 1970s, lookism in the United States was sometimes codified into law. In many jurisdictions, so-called "ugly laws" barred people from appearing in public if they had diseases or disfigurements that were considered unsightly
16o7r TIL that Vatican City's GDP is less than the median US income(no idea how that makes sense)
ANgLg TIL that in 1933-34, with immense pressure on banks, the city of Detroit printed their own banknotes to allow employees to be paid, as well as utilities.
GAkvj TIL: That while nodding is usually associated with "yes" in most cultures, in some, like Bulgaria, nodding up means "no," and in others, the meanings of nodding and head shaking are swapped.
WeLN TIL Spy Magazine sent 13-cent checks to some of the world’s richest people to see who would cash them. The only two people to do so were an arms dealer and Donald Trump.