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TIL the term "little pink"

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jNNeQ TIL 95% of all current ATM transactions run on systems using a computer language developed in the 1960s
rRamd TIL of Operation Pastorius, a German WWII mission of sabotage inside the United States. It failed primarily due to defections, but was in danger of being compromised right from the start as one of the agents, when drunk, announced to patrons at a bar in Paris that he was a secret agent.
P4RL TIL that George Washington was famous for using free liquor as a way to get votes. He once brought 160 gallons of rum to a campaign rally attended by 391 people.
j6M1a TIL an alchemist from the Tang dynasty was searching for an immortality potion and ended up discovering gun powder, which would do the opposite of the sought after potion.
vp9L TIL In Australia, torn bank notes are worth the proportion of the note left. Half a $20 note is worth $10