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TIL that the Bank of England has a £100 Million bank note

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yGmX TIL they didn’t know how strong the blast of the first prototype of the atomic bomb before detonating it in the New Mexico desert. They even had pre-prepared press releases for every event from ‘loud noise’ to 'among the dead were’.
7rvXp TIL Idi Amin, dictator and commonly known as the "Butcher of Uganda", reportedly boasted that he kept the decapitated heads of political enemies in his freezer, although he said that human flesh was generally "too salty" for his taste.
mxa6p TIL Amherstburg Freedom Museum in Ontario preserves and presents artifacts of African-Canadians, many of whose ancestors had entered Canada from United States. They found it relatively easy to enter Canada from across the Detroit River
OoYVY TIL: in 2013, Miriam Margolyes, or Professor Sprout from Harry Potter, announced she 'was a dyke' during her Australian Citizenship ceremony in front of the Prime Minister, to gasps from the crowd.
jNJmX TIL about the PayPal Mafia. The original group of PayPal founders and employees who have gone on to become one of the most successful groups of individuals in the world. The portfolio of companies they've founded includes; Tesla, Youtube, Space X, Linkedin, Yelp, and Founders Fund, to name a few.