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TIL that Martha Washington's portrait on the 1896 US one-dollar bill is the most recent time that a woman has been featured on US paper money

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kOv4E TIL that all butterflies, given the opportunity, will happily drink your blood.
9YvwD TIL that prior to Steve Irwin's death - he designed and funded a study which discovered that crocodiles can "surf" long distances across the ocean. One of the crocodiles in this study surfed 366 miles within 25 days.
R4m4 TIL the Eiffel Tower requires 60 to 70 tonnes of paint to cover the entire structure. The tower is also painted a lighter shade at the bottom and a darker shade near the top to counteract the effect of atmospheric perspective.
W7pAA TIL there was a gameshow where people would compete for an organ from a Terminally Ill woman.
Wkvxo TIL NASA will launch a SpaceX rocket next summer in a test of planetary defense. The rocket will impact a near-earth asteroid in 2022 in an attempt to change its trajectory.