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TIL that Timothy Geithner updated his signature in order to make it more legible on U.S. currency

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oBGAr TIL many of the scenes in "Elf" were filmed at an abandoned psychiatric hospital in Vancouver. In the 50's, Riverview Hospital was home to more than 4,000 patients. The X Files, Supernatural, Saw, Deadpool 2 and many others have filmed scenes on the site.
Zpp5Y TIL the reason for the signs that say "$10 if we fail to give you a receipt" at stores. They aren't for receipt-obsessed customers, they are there to keep the employees from stealing. If employees don't ring up your purchase and generate receipt, the employee could just put cash in their pocket.
P1PjO TIL there was a briefly popular social movement in the early 1930s called the "Technocracy Movement." Technocrats proposed replacing politicians and businessmen with scientists and engineers who had the expertise to manage the economy.
0wEDy TIL that the median length of stay before death in a nursing home is just 5 months, with three months of life for men and eight months for women.
6EwkX TIL: When the dinosaurs were alive there were erupting volcanoes on the moon.