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TIL That the City of Manchester gets it's name from the Celtic name 'Mamucium' which means breast shaped hill.

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QJ85e TIL despite the $100 note being the most counterfeited USD currency outside the States, within the US the most commonly counterfeited note is actually the $20.
JYNw4 TIL Chris Evans was almost not Captain America. He turned down the role multiple times, due too Anxiety, fear of a 10-movie commitment and the public spotlight. He went to therapy before taking on the role.
97OQ TIL:In 1978, a student who worked a minimum-wage summer job could afford to pay a year’s full tuition at a in state 4-year public university. This assumes the national average of the cost of a 4 year university and doesn’t include room and board.
MeZG8 TIL that Sweden had a chance at Norways oil resources for 40% of Volvo back in the late 70s, but Volvo shareholders believed it was being sold too cheap and declined. Norway oil fund is now over 1 trillion $ and Volvo was sold in 2010 to a Chinese company for 1.8 billion.
P1JbV TIL that UK libraries offer free digital access to nearly all newspapers, magazines, audiobooks and eBooks.