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TIL that Nazi Germany printed lots of British banknotes and planned literaly drop them in British territory to increase inflation and collapse the economy of Great Britain

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6Lom TIL of “Methuselah Trusts,” trust funds designed to accumulate massive wealth over hundreds of years through the power of compound interest. One such trust, set up for Hartwick College in 1936, was so massive, it was feared it “could ultimately shatter the nation’s financial structure.”
rNRrd TIL that Bermuda was officially settled in 1609 by the Virginia Company, which had also settled in Jamestown, Virginia. At it's settlement, Bermuda was originally recognized as an extension of Virginia.
woy5W TIL that in August 1996 around 80 members of the film crew for the movie Titanic, including Director James Cameron, ate lobster chowder on set that was spiked with the drug PCP. A suspect was never identified and the case was later closed in February 1999.
eR0E TIL that a woman flashing her breasts in California will require her to register as a lifelong sex offender.
mxXYM TIL that although they live in a climate inhospitable to crop development, the Inuit do not suffer from vitamin C deficiency (scurvy) due to their diet of frozen and raw fish and mammal organs. By not cooking the food, the vitamin C is not broken down and can be absorbed by the human body.