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TIL leaving the US with more than $5.00 in pennies is a crime that could land you in jail for five years.

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QJ4Gk TIL Paul McCartney wrote Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me), because Dustin Hoffman did not believe that he could write a song "about anything", so Hoffman pulled out a magazine where they saw the story about Picasso's last words and McCartney created a demo of the song and lyrics on the spot.
P1N8n TIL that HMV stands for "His Masters Voice' and is named after a painting of the same name
pYNvb TIL that the youngest drill sergeant in the history of the United States Marine Corps was Donald Dunagan, the voice of Bambi.
PYe7O TIL The fastest man made object ever made (at 157,078 mph) is Helios 2, a spacecraft launched in 1976, currently orbiting the Sun.
j6XYQ TIL breast milk can be used to heal medical conditions such as rashes and ear infections