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TIL paper money was first used in China, during the Song Dynasty (AD 960-1279)

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kOgOm TIL of Otto Skorenzy, the 6' 4" 250lb German solider listed by MI5 as The Most Dangerous Man in Europe. Part of the Nazi Werewolf operations and responsible for a raid on a mountaintop castle, he allegedly went on to work for Mossad.
Omje TIL female ants and bees are more closely related to their sisters than their own daughters, which explains eusocial behavior.
KOB49 TIL that the Walther PPK, the firearm famously used by James Bond, was the same used by Adolf Hitler to commit suicide
GYZ44 TIL that historically, black dyes were the hardest to make. Brilliant colours or heavily-decorated clothes were legally restricted to the nobility, so successful merchants would show off their wealth by wearing all-black clothes
wLoGJ When thinking about lions, you might picture an African safari, but did you know that lions also live in India?