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TIL in 2008, the Chilean 50 peso was misspelled as “CHIIE” instead of “CHILE,” with a second “I” in place of the “L". When the error was brought to light in 2009, Gregorio Iniguez, the director of the Chile Mint, and others were fired from their jobs.

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rN40d TIL that a heavily Christianized version of Buddha’s story was immensely popular in Europe in the 11th century as the Legend of Barlaam and Josaphat; although British became first aware of Buddhism’s existence as a religion only in the 19th century.

4XVyb TIL To sustain his energy levels Bruce Lee used to take small glass vials of Royal Jelly. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar recalled that during the filming of The Game of Death Lee would frequently open one of these little vials and consume its contents.

WkRE4 TIL the role as the Bond villain Max Zorin, a psychotic KGB deserter conspiring to destroy Silicon valley, was first offered to David Bowie, who declined as he didn't want to spend five months seeing his stunt doubles "fall off cliffs". The role went to Christopher Walken instead.

D1EAD TIL a 2003 study suggests that 1 in 200 men are direct descendants of Genghis Khan. Almost 8% of men living in the former Mongolian empire carry nearly identical Y chromosomes.

W7JoB TIL in 1968, a man tried to scare his ex-fiancée who left him for an acquaintance by detonating luggage on a Yokosuka line train. He accidentally killed one, injured 14, and was sentenced to death.