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TIL that in the 1940s, Nazi Germany began printing millions of British pounds to destroy the British economy

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jNPNv TIL of "The Parcel Post Bank". A bank that was shipped brick by brick via the U.S. post office to avoid heavy freight fees.
QXdM TIL because we compare ourselves to the people around us, countries with the happiest people also have the highest suicide rates.
JoDj TIL a man accidently threw away a hard drive holding 7500 bitcoins, which would have been worth $9M at its height, or $4.5M today
v9a8 TIL Robert Kennedy was assassinated during the exact same week that the Rolling Stones were recording ‘Sympathy for the Devil.’ The original lyrics were “I shouted out 'Who killed Kennedy?’” but Jagger changed it to “I shouted out 'Who killed the Kennedys?’”
wLO16 TIL: In 2010 the Polish President and many important government officials were killed when their plane crashed inside Russia.