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TIL that it costs 1.67 cents to make 1 cent coin because of the cost of materials, production, and distribution

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GxZG TIL that the Padres baseball team has kept a handicapped player on the team for over 20 years so he doesn’t lose health insurance.
BrG4k TIL that the epidermis is composed of five layers - basal, spinous, granular, clear, and cornified. Skin cells follow a genetically programmed process of death in forming the cornified (outermost) layer.
MeRK8 TIL the first crime in Antartica in almost 20 years occurred when a 54-year old engineer stabbed his co-worker over spoiling the endings of books he was reading
oBvoK TIL 171,000 people perished in 1975 China due to the collapse of the Banqiao Dam, an event hidden from the world until 2005.
j667p TIL about Deafula (1975), the first ever film performed entirely in American Sign Language. It was released with no audio track in the original release, but later releases include a dub for hearing audiences.