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TIL that Australia uses Polymer bank notes that are waterproof and notoriously hard to counterfeit due to its complex design.

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XEmbk TIL that studies have shown that organic food is worse for the environment than non-organic, and is unsustainable due to its higher land use requirements
XEG7R TIL The 1st ever jazz recording was offered to Freddie Keppard, but he refused: instead, that honour went to the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, an all-white band, who had a $million hit "Livery Stable Blues", which came from a song Keppard had performed.
Y7kjW TIL that sunlight in pluto is still bright enough that you could read a book on the surface
R7711 TIL Male Fruit Flies Sexually Harass Females Until they Can’t Reproduce
GAW84 TIL Mortal Kombat character Noob Saibot is named after the franchises' creators Ed Boon and John Tobias but spelt backwards