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TIL There Are Multiple Species Of Moths With "Pug" In Their Name

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9wgvD TIL in 1967 MAD Magazine printed $3 bills featuring Alfred E Neuman's face, which where used by readers to trick early automated coin change machines, and led to a visit from the US Treasury Department to MAD's office
awBZN TIL about Wholphins, a rare cross between a whale and a dolphin. First recorded in 1981 in captivity, but also found in the wild.
PjLO TIL In 2001 Philip Morris published a report saying cigarettes saved the government money because smokers die before retiring.
OG4NL TIL because the inventor never bothered to explain what the letter "p" in the pH scale stood for, the exact meaning is unknown.
dmaQ TIL there are still 5 people living who were born in the 1800s.