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TIL that a re-design of the US $1 bill is prohibited by law
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TIL: The London Beer Flood of 1814 killed 8 people and nearly bankrupted the brewery. One 22 foot tall barrel burst, causing a chain reacting leading to 128k-323k imperial gallons to flood London for 2 days. During that time, stories of mass drunkenness occurred.
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TIL the genome of modern humans contains the DNA from four different hominid ancestors: homo sapiens, Neanderthals, Denisovans, and a fourth species that has yet to be discovered.
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TIL the New Zealand Army's Maori name, Ngāti Tūmatauenga, translates to "Tribe of the God of War"
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TIL that a violent Japanese leftist group, the United Red Army, invaded a ski lodge and took the housekeeper hostage, resulting in a bloody ten-day standoff with the police and the first-ever live 24-hour news coverage in Japan
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TIL Burt Ward did a lot of his own stunts while shooting Batman because his stuntman looked nothing like Ward. Ward went to the hospital all four days in a row shooting the pilot.