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

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p8xNO TIL that some 15,000 Nigerian children were branded as witches and most ended up abandoned and living on the streets.
0wgoR TIL the longest-running experiment is the pitch drop experiment. A funnel holding a sample of tar pitch sealed in a glass jar shows how some substances that appear solid are actually liquid. It takes 10 years for a single drop to form. The best known version of the experiment was started in 1927.
69vrZ TIL the patrol boats used by the United States Navy during the Vietnam War were powered by jets manufactured by Jacuzzi
7NwX TIL The US Marines has enough equipment, ammo and supplies stored in Norwegian caves to support a 15000 man brigade for 30 days
VwdB TIL in 1985 Ryan White was refused re-entry to his school due to him having AIDS. 117 Parents and 50 teachers petitioned for his ban. People even cancelled their subscriptions as White was the paperboy and they believed they would be infected too.