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TIL more monopoly money is printed every year than real money (about 30 times more)

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gr1G8 TIL of the Baltic Sea Anomaly which is an unexplained item found within the Baltic Sea by divers in 2011 and it remains a mystery.
N7RMP TIL in 1989, the American Homecoming Act helped children born from U.S soldiers in Vietnam come to the U.S with their families. They based this only on the child's appearance. It was controversial since it didn't apply to the kids of U.S soldiers in other countries.
wLKbY TIL that in the nation of Papua New Guinea (population 8 million) there are 820 different spoken languages (complete languages, not dialects), which belong to 60 language families as different from each other as French and Chinese
ADoAx TIL in terms of being considered "beautiful" by others, research has found facial attractiveness is a lot more important than body shape.
d8rYK TIL that a team of thieves stole $18,000 worth of high-tech equipment from a warehouse. Unfortunately for them, about 100 GPS tracking devices were among the items taken, so they were tracked down within hours.