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TIL There are no seagulls in Hawaii

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xVJj0 TIL in China the Yuan is the physical medium of exchange, but the official currency of China is called the Renminbi.
N7YjQ TIL that Chinchillas have 50 hairs per follicle which is why their fur is so soft, like a fine thread count
kJrKB TIL: In 1969 existing tensions boiled over between El Salvador and Honduras following the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifier. It is now referred to as the “Football War” and resulted in 3,000 losses of life over a 100 hour period.
Zd0v TIL: Redd Foxx died of an actual heart attack in 1991 on set, nobody helped him because everyone thought it was all part of the fake heart attack act he was famous for.
wowe8 TIL the film All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) was banned from Poland because censors felt it was "pro-German". Ironically enough it was also banned in Nazi Germany for being "anti-German"