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TIL that a central bank digital currency (cbdc) is not a cryptocurrency because cbdc's are controlled by a central bank while cryptocurrencies are decentralized.

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bdNa TIL that the stereotypical “witch-look” comes from early medieval female beer brewers called “alewives”. They kept a cat to chase away rodents, brewed beer in a big cauldron, used a broomstick-like “ale stake” to signal that they sold beer, and wore a pointy hat to stand out in a crowd.
BDjL TIL the Water Speed Record has an 85% fatality rate in people attempting to break it.
K5OQ TIL Trey Parker, co-creator of South Park, threatened to pull a Dave Chappelle by showing Comedy Central’s head of network a plane ticket to Africa because one of their episodes were censored against their will
oR9Xr TIL that Oppenheimer was accused of being a communist and kicked off his security clearance?!
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