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TIL - In 2011 It Cost 2.41 Cents To Make A 1 Cent Coin.

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7r6gO TIL The U.S. Pentagon has more members of the military serving in marching bands than the State Department has career diplomats.
kaj4 TIL that Nick News With Linda Ellerbee is still running after twenty years on Nickelodeon, and Ellerbee has never missed a show.
b9Y5Q TIL Theodore Roosevelt Jr was the oldest man in the D-Day invasion at 56. Initially denied to attend D-Day, Ted petitioned as he personally knew the men of these units and believed his presence would steady them. Despite arthritis and a heart condition, he stormed the beach with a cane and survived.
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