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TIL that the US had a 5 cent paper note, but it was discontinued after it was found that the head of the Bureau of Currency had put his own picture on the front.

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LVeP TIL Stephen King’s inspiration for “Carrie” hit him while cleaning the girl’s bathroom at his alma mater as a Janitor. He also abandoned the story after disliking his 1st draft, but his wife found it in the trash, read it, and implored him to try again.
Ojxa TIL of Angle-grinder man. A superhero dressed anonymous vigilante who would offer a free wheel clamp removal service in London and Kent.
7WVp TIL, the passenger pigeon went from one of the most abundant animals in the world, with flocks that would blacken the sky, to extinct in a little more than a century.
VMMkG TIL a TripAdvisor World City Survey ranked Moscow as worst for helpful locals and hotel quality, Punta Cana (Dominica) as worst for traveling alone, and Mumbai as worst for the overall experience.
jNbZQ TIL that the phrase “to blow smoke up your ass” was an actual medical practice used by indigenous North American people to stimulate respiration. It’s called a tobacco smoke enema.