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TIL that Great Britain accidentally adopted the gold standard in 1717 due to Isaac Newton (who was at the time the master of the Royal Mint) setting the exchange rate of silver to gold too low, thereby causing silver to go out of circulation.
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TIL the customizer who created the Jaguar Hearse in Harold & Maude didn't see the movie until 2016, 45 years after its debut.
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TIL-The PowerPuff Girls were originally a short called “ Whoop Ass Stew” and that “Chemical X” was actually a can of Whoop Ass, but eventually it became a cartoon on Cartoon Network with the names changed to be appropriate for children.
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TIL A modest Georgian townhouse near Trafalgar Square is the only remaining building in the world where Benjamin Franklin resided. He lived there for 16 years from 1757 to 1773.
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TIL of Mary Seacole a Jamaican-born nurse who applied to join Florence Nightingale in Crimea, but was turned down due to her race. Instead of giving up, Seacole sailed to the Crimea at her own expense and set up a hotel to tend to sick and wounded soldiers.