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TIL The tetragrammaton is the Biblical name of the God of Israel.

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Klew TIL the largest denomination of the US dollar is the Ben Franklin $100 bill because the Nixon administration discontinued all larger denominations in 1969, arguing that the move would make it more difficult for drug traffickers to transport and launder their profits.
XdvR TIL there are only three species that go through menopause: humans, killer whales, and short finned pilot whales
N7P11 TIL the penalty for treason against the United States is death, and is defined as giving enemies “aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere”
5Yo4P TIL on 1642, Sir John Denham asked Charles I to spare Sir William Waller from execution, saying that "while Wither lives, Denham will not be the worst poet in England."
nen6d TIL Matches were originally made with white phosphorus. This caused workers in match factories to get a condition known as phossy jaw which destroys the bones in the jaw. Due to large amounts of deaths and suicides from white phosphorus matches, they started using red phosphorus instead.