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TIL The British pound is the world’s oldest currency still in use - it is 1200 years old.

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9V77 TIL The “Soapmaker of Correggio” made soap out of her human victims by boiling them in caustic soda. 1938-41
yYwJ TIL that playing TETRIS soon after viewing traumatic material, reduces the amount of flashbacks experienced the next week. This is thought to be because the game interrupts memories of the sights and sounds.
J0Dk TIL The state of Arizona does not observe daylight savings time, but the Navajo Nation located within Arizona does observe daylight savings time, but the Hopi Nation located within the Navajo Nation located in Arizona does not observe daylight savings time.
EgZbp TIL they made a "Clerks" TV show that was so bad they never even aired the pilot episode.
P57L TIL oranges are dyed orange when the weather is not cold enough to produce the characteristic skin color.