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TIL After WWI, the German government deliberately made the value of their currency nearly worthless in order to pay back the Allies.

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6EJyl TIL of the devastation of Sandby Borg. It was the scene of a massacre in the late 5th century AD. The victims of the massacre were never buried but are found lying as they fell, inside the houses and scattered on the streets of the fort. The site was never occupied again.
QJjKX TIL Unless they are going to be used for breeding purposes, female ferrets will go into extended heat. A female that does not mate can die of aplastic anemia without medical intervention. It is possible to use a vasectomised male to take a female out of heat.
J8K1 TIL That legendary lover Casanova enacted revenge on a Soho courtesan who spurned him by teaching a parrot to say “Miss Charpillon is more of a whore than her mother” and putting it on sale at the Royal Exchange in the City.
6mr7 TIL that The Shawshank Redemption’s director and writer, Frank Darabont, was offered $2.5 million from Rob Reiner to let him write and direct it instead, and cast Tom Cruise as Andy and Harrison Ford as Red. Darabont refused, saying that this was his “chance to do something really great.”
X0rrE TIL two men robbed banks with their faces covered in lemon juice because they thought it would make them invisible to security cameras. This led to the Dunning-Kruger effect: people with limited ability in a topic believe they excel.