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TIL That Dave Seville (Real Name Ross Bagdasarian) Of Alvin And The Chipmunks Fame Played The Composer In Rear Window (1954)

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neaLB TIL that the $100 bill comprises 77% of all US currency in circulation. According to former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, more than two-thirds of all $100 notes are held outside the United States.
epenL TIL : An Indian sub required 10 months of repair because someone left a hatch open.
85DX TIL Harriet Tubman (1823-1913) was alive at the same time as John Adams (1735-1826) and Ronald Reagan (1911-2004).
RkW9 TIL daschunds look like they do because they were bred to hunt badgers and other animals that live in burrows
dDE0K TIL Freud smoked about 20 cigars a day and was not convinced that cigars were linked to his heart problems. He eventually got oral cancer, suffered attacks of “tobacco angina”, or heart palpitations, whenever he smoked, and died with removed jaw