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TIL that the amount of physical US currency in circulation has doubled between 2010 and the beginning of 2020

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4kyZR TIL Dick Van Dyke was rescued by porpoises after he fell asleep while surfing. He woke up out of sight of land and tried paddling back, suddenly the sea creatures emerged and saved his life by helping push him back to the shore
xVPjk TIL that female slaves in the American South would chew on cotton root to abort a pregnancy, decreasing the production of more slave children
Z8emo TIL that corn is a grain, a vegetable and a fruit
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