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TIL, the postage stamp of The Statue of Liberty depicts not the real statue in New York, but the replica in Las Vegas

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9w77m TIL: Rufus Choate was one of the greatest American lawyer of the 1800s, arguing over a thousand cases and pioneered the method of arousing jury sympathy. One of his famous cases is when he convinced a jury that the accused cut the throat of his lover while sleepwalking and was therefore not guilty.
v07D TIL the American Red Cross rejected a $1 million dollar donation from the Dixie Chicks in 2003 due to their opposition to the Iraq War
x6jMb TIL that theoretically, the Earth costs $5 quadrillion and a human life costs $10 million
nJLG TIL that Japanese people don’t wear surgical masks because they’re afraid of germs but becuase they’re sick and don’t want to spread their own germs to others out of consideration.
rNYKe TIL that Teflon was first used for the first nuclear bombs. The anti-stick frying pan coating was used to coat valves and pipes in the separation of Uranium, which would corrode other materials much quicker. Only after WW2 was it used for cookware.