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TIL that the Pacific island of Yap used to use a currency of giant stones. Since they were often too big to move, they were often left in the center of town, ownership was simply transferred by oral agreement.

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MeMvb TIL of the "Jim Twins", a pair of identical twins separated and adopted to different families at birth. Both were named James, married and divorced women named Linda, remarried women named Betty, and each had a dog named Toy. They both named their sons James Allan. They reunited at age 39.
QJWGd TIL serial child molester and necrophiliac Jimmy Savile was a marriage counsellor for Princess Diana and Prince Charles
a8JLL TIL that Six Flags of New Orleans was Abandoned after Hurricane Katrina. The Park is an overgrown swamp now with the attractions still up as they were pre-hurricane.
dDVnE TIL of Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari, a Saudi who was the heaviest man alive at 1,340 lb. When Saudi King Abdullah heard of this, Khalid was ordered to a medical center in Riyadh. In about four years, Khalid would weigh 150 lb.
JO94 TIL there is a condition called Situs Inversus in which all of your organs are exactly mirrored from a normal person’s.