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TIL that over 90% of all currency (euros) in circulation in Spain have trace amounts of cocaine

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XgvP TIL that ‘the females of only three species — killer whales, pilot whales, and humans — are thought to carry on living after they pass beyond their reproductive age’.
L5mv TIL that after he won the lifetime achievement award from AFI, Dustin Hoffman went home and had a panic attack because he felt that everything was over.
9w8AQ TIL that scientists have discovered doing simple calf raises while sitting at your desk can raise your metabolism for hours.
J9oQ TIL XXX on cartoon jugs of alcohol originally denoted three time distilled, resulting in almost pure alcohol content.
VNmp TIL The most push-ups done non-stop was 10,507 in 1980, and was the last time Guinness World Records published a non-stop push-up record