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TIL that US President Andrew Jackson, who now appears on the $20 bill, thought that paper money was inherently evil.

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R548j TIL of the antimony pill, aka the everlasting pill, used in the 18th and early 19th century for stomach relief. It was reusable after pooping it out, making it very cost effective. Entire families used the same pill, which some times went through multiple generations
XZED TIL a mineraloid glass, Fulgurite, is created when lightning strikes sand - otherwise known as Petrified Lightning.
yd6a TIL the Vikings believed that a giant goat named Heiðrún, whose udders provided an endless supply of beer, awaited them in Valhalla upon their death
jdZN TIL that a white mailman was murdered in Mississippi in 1963 while walking to the governor’s mansion to deliver a letter condemning segregation.
nW6br TIL: In 1947 a former GI Ernie Kreiling and his wife Jean toured the French WW2 battlefields -a tour of his days of combat.