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TIL that a movement seeks to rename the Australian dollar to the “dollarydoo”, based on a classic ‘The Simpsons’ episode. Doing so would increase demand for the currency and strengthen the Australian economy, organizers claim.

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9YKrM TIL that the band Lynrd Skynrd got its name as a tribute to their PE teacher - Leonard Skinner
R79g8 TIL that in 2018, Andrew Douglas Macintosh, a 64-year-old corporate executive from Brisbane, Australia, was arrested for repeatedly defecating on his neighbors' lawns. The neighbors banded together to catch the culprit, photographing Macintosh in the act; bent over, holding a piece of toilet paper.
AeDw TIL that truly healthy coral reefs have a biomass made almost entire of top predators
gLm8 TIL That in order to learn the past and the secrets of Scientology’s Lord Xenu, you have to pay over $100,000 to take those courses and learn them
mxE4v TIL witches were never depicted with green skin before the 1939 Wizard of Oz film. Witches were commonly depicted as red or orange beforehand. The Wicked Witch of the West was not described as green in the book, and she was only made green in the film because it looked really good in technicolor.