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TIL since 2006 pennies and nickels have had a production cost greater than their face value, resulting in a net loss to taxpayers of $436 million.

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6EJnY TIL that every county in New York voted republican in the 1924 election and that it was the last time that it has happened in a presidential election.
nBNB TIL a man mailed 100 companies asking for free stuff, dubbing it “The $39 Experiment.”
OyOX TIL China is unblocking Facebook, Twitter, and other censored sites at a special Free Trade Zone in Shanghai so “foreigners will feel like at home”
kdwd TIL that male puppies will let female puppies win at play fighting so that they will continue to play with them
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