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TIL about Spintria, a small bronze or brass Roman token that usually depict on the obverse an image of sexual acts or symbols and a numeral in the range I - XVI on the reverse.

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vPV6x TIL that Cornelius Vanderbilt left school at age 11 and went on to build a shipping and railroad empire that, during the 19th century, would make him one of the wealthiest men in the world.
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