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TIL that the inflation experienced by Hungary after WW2 was so bad that the government stopped collecting taxes as even a single day's delay in collecting would wipe out the value of the money.

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x6OLB TIL George the Lobster is the oldest recorded lobster ever, estimated to be 140 years old (born ~1869) at the time of his capture in 2008 off the coast of Newfoundland. He was released back into the wild in 2009 and it is unknown if he remains alive today.
94ym TIL the Georgia state legislature once debated the regulation of alligator rides, until someone pointed out that the bill called for regulating the sale of alligator hides.
j6rna TIL that the man who wrote “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” never saw a baseball game until 32 years after he wrote the song.
ADP0g TIL about Seretse Khama, a Botswana monarch who was exiled after marrying a white woman. After his return as a private citizen, he started an independence movement, became a president and led Botswana to prosperity.
VBloB TIL the first director of the Big Brother series also directed The Human Centipede movies