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TIL after the Australian 1 and 2 cent coins were phased out in late 1991, they were melted down and used in the Sydney 2000 Olympics as Bronze Medals.

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JPVj TIL that Mary Babnik Brown was chosen to donate her hair (which had never been treated with heat or chemicals) to become the crosshairs on Norden bombsights during WWII.
1aBgO TIL in 2007, 170 Swiss soldiers got lost during training and landed in Liechtenstein. The accidental invasion made them hurry back to the Swiss border, calling officials to profusely apologize. Liechtenstein's ministry replied "no problem, it happens."