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TIL during WW2, all USD in Hawaii was replaced with a version that was stamped “HAWAII” on the front and back, to ensure it would be worthless if it fell in the hands of the Japanese in an invasion

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AD584 TIL our species is continuing to evolve in 3 ways: natural selection (by which many are adapting to malaria and high altitudes), random mutations (increasingly likely as more older males become fathers), and a mysterious genetic repair tool that biases eggs and sperm to C and G bases over A or T.
ANO7x TIL there’s a house in NY that is legally haunted “and seller must inform the purchaser of the haunting.”
XENZP TIL that in Japan some people celebrate 'mundane Halloween' where they only dress up as people doing everyday, normal things.
W7V1X TIL John Geoghan, who was a priest convicted of molesting over a hundred boys, was murdered in his cell by another inmate less than a year into his 10 year sentence.
QoL9 TIL that navel lint is caused by hairs around the stomach operating as a “one-way ratchet mechanism” that removes fibers from inside your clothes and deposits them into your navel