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TIL from 1933 to 1974, it was generally illegal for individuals and corporations to possess gold in the United States

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R7JO8 TIL that the first statue in Athens which was funded by the state without depicting a god/gods, was the one of Armodios and Aristogeiton, who killed the brother of the tyrant Hippias, son of Peisistratos. The event led to intervention by Sparta, and ultimately the democratic reforms of Kleisthenes.
Egypo TIL a bridge in Dublin couldn’t open for 4 years because they lost the remote control
v1eEL TIL A nurse treated female patient's genitals like a ventriloquist's dummy in front of colleagues. He was examining in front of three colleagues when he “pulled her labia apart and said ‘Hello my name is [Patient A]’, treating her labia like a puppet”, a Nursing and Midwifery Council panel heard.
wLbk6 TIL It's more likely that you'll die by a lightning strike than it is to die in a flood.
jAMp TIL Railguns are capable of firing objects with a muzzle velocity of 20 km/s (mach 59) but generate so much heat that repetitive tests would wear down the rails too quickly to be efficient.