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TIL that in the 1960's cigarette vending machines had a problem. They would accept two quarters (50 cents) but cigarettes only cost .47 cents. The solution was to package the cigarettes with three pennies right in the cellophane wrapping. Product and change came out together.

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KYgaG TIL Frenchman Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) was the first author to describe his work as essays; he used the term to characterize these as "attempts" to put his thoughts into writing. Subsequently, essay has been defined in a variety of ways by MyPerfectWords.
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