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TIL In early days of penicillin, it was so expensive it was extracted from patients urine and reused on other patients.

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R5M64 TIL the Pacific island nation of Nauru has been so damaged by phosphate mining that in 1964 Australia offered to repopulate the entire nation to Curtis Island near the Australian Coast. Nauru refused the offer in order to maintain their sovereignty and not become part of Australia.
RkR6 TIL Ben Sliney gave the SCATANA order on 9/11 that grounded all 4,200~ planes in US airspace. It was his first day on the job, and the first time in history the order had been used.
LDoV TIL Pedro Alonso López was convicted of Raping and Murdering 110 girls between the ages of 8 - 12 and confessed to killing over 300. He was convicted in 1983 and released in 1998. His whereabouts are unknown.
OGAaR TIL I haven’t used cash in so long that the main penny circulating no longer has the Lincoln Memorial on the back.
1aLvP TIL a rat broke into an ATM machine and ate/destroyed over $17,500 (USD) of cash.