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TIL that VISA obtained a patent in November 2019 to convert US money into a digital currency controlled by central bank

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eQQ4 TIL Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album was so popular, it had a German factory pressing nothing but that album 34 years after it was first released
aBbJ TIL That the United States is one of only eight countries (out of 188 with known policies) without mandatory paid maternal leave for pregnant women.
oLRA TIL that 20th President James A. Garfield was ambidextrous and was versed in both Greek and Latin. He would sometimes entertain his friends by having them ask him questions and then writing the answers simultaneously in Latin in Greek using both hands.
epZl5 TIL that Nauru, the third smallest country in the world (8sq miles) had a 10 year civil war in 1878 that saw the island's population fall from ~1500 to >1000, sparked by the introduction of firearms. It eventually ended when the German Empire intervened and confiscated >700 rifles.
DQnLj TIL In 2022, the President of South Sudan was filmed wetting himself in public. Some journalists who reported this ended up disappearing or being found dead.