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TIL that “Amen” means “So be it.”

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LQXOm TIL that Rick James fled from America due to a Vietnam draft card he had received, and then settled in Canada where he met Neil Young and started his musical career.
lor1N TIL that in the 1940s, Nazi Germany began printing millions of British pounds to destroy the British economy
Z8pMo TIL that during WWII the US Navy trained aircraft carrier pilots on Lake Michigan
BgKLk TIL that the second most expensive painting ever sold was ‘Interchange’, an oil by abstract expressionist Willem de Kooning. In 1955 the artist sold it for $40,000, and 60 years later it sold for $300M.
5VO1r TIL That the reason you can see corn in poop is because corn kernels are coated in cellulose, which is strong enough to withstand the rigors of the human digestive system.