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TIL: In the James Bond film/novel, ‘Casino Royale’, the name Vesper Lynd is a pun on “West Berlin”, signifying divided loyalties.

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rDLw TIL Alabama’s constitution is the world’s longest in-use constitution, with 892 amendments. Most deal with local county-level matters, as state power is heavily centralized, and cover things like a single county’s school taxes, court fees, or bingo games. Also, Amendment 693 is inexplicably missing.
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wdVW TIL that Wolves and Ravens have a special symbiotic relationship. Ravens are sometimes known as “wolf-birds” because they form social attachments with wolves.
Rx1l TIL that two-thirds of all $100 bills are circulated outside of the United States.
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