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TIL the Kuwaiti Dinar is the nominally strongest currency in the world, with 1 KWD being worth 3.25 US Dollars, or 2.81 Euros, or 2.44 Pound Sterlings, or 513 Japanese Yens, or 22.4 Chinese Yuans

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