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TIL of the JFK Records Act, an act that states that all government documents related to the Kennedy assassination be publicly disclosed on October 26 2017.

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epyxL TIL Great Britain accidentally adopted a de facto gold standard in 1717 when Sir Isaac Newton, then-master of the Royal Mint, set the exchange rate of silver to gold too low, thus causing silver coins to go out of circulation.
1aGoO TIL of the German word erklärungsnot which means explanation poverty. This describes a situation where you are put on the spot without a sufficient explanation or excuse for something you have done or failed to do.
DOev TIL There is an app for Icelandic natives that allows them to make sure they aren’t about to bang a relative
ORDa TIL that in 1835 the American newspaper “The Sun” published several articles about the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon. The articles described bison, goats, unicorns, bipedal tail-less beavers and bat-like winged humanoids living there who built temples
4kENN TIL Japan had plans to evacuate the entirety of Tokyo after the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant