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TIL that most photocopiers and scanners can detect and refuse to scan currency, as well as Adobe Photoshop

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myvY TIL in 1980 William Bergstrom arrived at Binion’s Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada with two suitcases: one containing $777,000 in cash, the other empty. He placed the full amount on a single bet of dice which he won and packed the winnings in the empty suitcase
mn0x TIL that the shape of an Pringle is called »hyperbolic paraboloid«
rRLWW TIL that the little piece of paper to help you open a Hershey’s kiss is called a “Nigglywiggly”
rNl6d TIL that the video game company SNK—makers of the 'King of Fighters' and 'Metal Slug' games—is now (96.18%) owned by Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, through his MiSK Foundation.
jNWEM TIL It became the custom for rich people and fighting men like the Norman soldiers, whose ways of life put their souls in such great jeopardy, to pay monks to do the praying they were too busy to do for themselves.