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LpDd TIL that in 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
ADo0l TIL Bill gates purchased the Leonardo da Vinci's Codex for $30,802,500. Three years later he had its pages scanned into digital image files, some of which were later distributed as screen saver and wallpaper files on a CD-ROM as part of a Microsoft Plus! for Windows so everyone could enjoy them.
p8QLb TIL 90% of people have lost their virginity by age 22. If you haven't lost it by age 30, the likelihood you will never lose it increases drastically.
JYRo4 TIL that For $45, the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing will sell you a 5-lb bag with $10,000 worth of shredded U.S. currency.
W79YL TIL Charles Guiteau, the assassin of President James Garfield in 1881, survived two assassination attempts after he was apprehended. One shooter was his own prison guard, William Mason, who received an 8-year sentence. The other, farmer Bill Jones ("The Avenger"), was acquitted.