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TIL The first $1 notes (called United States Notes or "Legal Tenders") were issued by the federal government in 1862 and featured a portrait of Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase (1861-1864).

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4kvAb TIL the 2008 writers’ strike resulted in the first season of Breaking Bad being two episodes shorter and prevented the killing off of Hank Schrader (Dean Norris), who had originally been planned for elimination during the first season.
0WWj TIL Ram Bahadur Bomjon, a Buddhist Monk, meditated for 10 months straight without food or water. To challenge this incredible claim, National Geographic filmed the boy for 5 straight days and nights. He never moved. Supporters of Buddhism consider him the “reincarnation of the Buddha”
P1LBw TIL Edith Cowan, best known as the first Australian woman to serve as a member of parliament, lived a life of tragedy as a child. Her mother died when she was seven. At the age of 15, her father, Kenneth Brown, was executed for the murder of her stepmother, making her an orphan.
0w1r1 TIL that the National Art Gallery of Australia holds a monthly 'Sensory Sunday' where people on the autism spectrum, those with social anxiety and other neuro diverse folk can visit works of art in a more relaxed environment
OGaPg TIL that no centipede naturally has exactly 100 legs. A quirk in their development means each centipede has an odd number of body segments, making 50 pairs of legs impossible.