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TIL - Germany is on a list of countries that the USA monitors for currency manipulation

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0dZl5 TIL about Ostentatio genitalium (Latin for "display of the genitals") - term that refers to artistic emphasis of the genitals of Christ in Renaissance paintings
lomrG TIL 12th US president Zachary Taylor died from eating too many cherries and milk at a holiday celebration
rA7x TIL In a scene of Hook(1991), there is a couple kissing on a bridge while Tinkerbell is flying over, dropping fairy dust on them and sending them flying. The couple was actually an uncredited cameo by George Lucas, and Carrie Fisher.
4kB7a TIL that outside of Chattanooga,Tennessee, a Little Debbie Snacks-Themed park opened last year. The park has, among its play structures, enormous versions of the snack cakes.
Od7a TIL that in the old days (before 1960s or so) moviegoers would show up partway through a movie, watch it to the end, and then stay to watch the beginning, hence the phrase “This is where we came in…”