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TIL a nickel weighs EXACTLY twice as much as a penny.

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R77B6 Here’s a question for all you Game of Thrones fans: Have you ever seen Cersei Lannister and Ser Bronn in the same scene? Nope, never happened, and never will.
v8aK TIL that Chuck E. Cheese restaurants have a lot more violence than other restaurants and bars because parents are more likely to fight if they sense a threat to children.
ROKw TIL Kurt Russell smashed a priceless 145-year-old Martin guitar filming ‘The Hateful 8’. The guitar was supposed to be swapped for a prop, but through miscommunication Russell just kept acting. As a result, the Martin Museum will never again load guitars for film “under any circumstance”.
6yQw TIL Kim Jong-un’s older brother Kim Jong-nam was supposed to be their father’s heir until he tried to sneak out of North Korea to visit Disneyland.
GmAg TIL secular Mohammad Mosaddegh was a democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran who was overthrown by the US CIA for nationalizing the Iranian oil industry. Iran has not known democracy since.