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TIL the US dollar has inflated almost 100% since 1990

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oBlKK TIL Joaquin Phoenix began calling himself "Leaf" as a child, having been inspired by spending time outdoors raking leaves and desiring to have a nature-related name like his siblings. This became the name he used as a child actor, until he changed it back to Joaquin at age 15.
xQyk TIL the first banned book in the US was Thomas Morton’s “New English Canaan” published in 1637, which was sympathetic to Native Americans and critical of the Puritans
R7gR1 TIL that the first Rambo movie contains only a single kill from Rambo
49NX TIL If an atom were as big as the Solar System, a neutrino would as small as a golf ball.
kOdkW TIL Al Green who originally made Take Me To The River got more royalties from the Big Mouth Billy Bass fish than from any other recordings of the song.