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TIL that most national currencies have no backing in precious metals or commodities and have value only by fiat.

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e0dgk TIL that the reason why 420 is associated with weed is because of some high schoolers in the 1970s. 4:20 pm was the perfect time to goof around and smoke weed. It’s right after school and before parents got home. It just ended up being code for smoking weed.
XodD TIL Auntie Anne’s make it a point to hire disabled people to pass out samples. The sampler position was created with this goal in mind, he said. It is sometimes hard to find teenagers willing to pass out pieces of pretzel, but many people with disabilities enjoy the public interaction.
RKE9 TIL The first person to say “motherfucker” on live TV was Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane in 1969
vO5K TIL that on this 150th anniversary week of the Emancipation Proclamation you can listen to the actual voices of emancipated slaves, their first-hand stories recorded in 1930.
pg8Z TIL that Trader Joe’s, a tiki-nautical themed chain of grocery stores, is owned by Aldi.