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TIL about the Suffragette bombing and arson campaign

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PYxdJ TIL Ocho de Plata, the Spanish Dollar, was the first legal tender in the United States until the Coinage Act of 1857. In fact, equity shares were still quoted in eighths of a dollar until 2001; this was a legacy from the coin’s divisibility by 8, since each Spanish Dollar was worth 8 reales.
BgAD TIL that a blackout-drunk trader managed to buy $.5 billion in oil futures, causing the price of oil to spike.
Zdpa TIL the sternocleidomastoid (neck muscle) is often included by creature designers to alien characters to make them seem more attractive and familiar as the muscle is a uniquely mammalian feature. C-3PO has them in the form of pistons on his neck, and so do the good guys in Star Trek.
R5vo6 TIL Cheddar cheese is orange because they add color from the annatto fruit
7bQZ TIL That Telsa had an idea for wireless power, but at the time it was too expensive and that there was no purpose for wireless electricity. He essentially went insane and called humanity selfish with lack of vision for the future.