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TIL Andrew Jackson being on the US $20 is ironic, because he warned the public against using paper money

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8RkV TIL Willem DaFoe was expelled from high school for making a porno
lom71 TIL Hans Christian Andersen, author of The Little Mermaid, was not considered a Sci-Fi writer however, he predicted the invention of both the machine gun & the Air Force in his book 'The Wicked Prince' written in 1840.
GAalN TIL about Young Tom Morris, the first golf prodigy in history and a pioneer in the sport. In 1864 at the age of13 he beat his father, who was the reigning Scottish Open Champion at the time, in a friendly match. At the age of 17 he became the youngest champion ever. He died at the age of 24.
e0PYL TIL - Switzerland is mostly Lutheran because Lutheran priests allowed the population to eat sausages during fasting period
7Jj7 TIL the Basque language is an absolute isolated language: It has not been shown to be related to any other language despite numerous attempts