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TIL Philadelphia literally burns old money for electricity

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awElb TIL Jeff East, who portrays a young Clark Kent in the 1978 film 'Superman', wore a prosthetic nose to better emulate Chris Reeve.
x6Kmb TIL the Parthenon was for the longest time a Christian church dedicated to the Virgin Mary, not a temple.
DmwD TIL that in WW2 nine airmen escaped from their planes after being shot down during bombing raids. 8 of these men were captured, tortured, beheaded and eaten. The 9th man was George H. W. Bush
7rnLx TIL that many languages traditionally don't distinguish between green and blue, instead considering them shades of one color.
xV6J7 TIL that the word 'deli' comes from the German word 'Delikatesse' meaning "delicious things to eat"