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TIL that the switch from $1 bills to $1 coins would save American taxpayers approximately $4.4 billion in the next 30 years. This is because coins are significantly more durable than paper bills.

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6ELmY TIL That beyond the 3 states of matter; solid, liquid and gas, there is a 4th state called plasma which is an aggregate of charged ions. Not only does it occur naturally in lightning and on the surface of the Sun it can also be produced in the laboratory.
5aPD TIL that we are living in the 6th Extinction Event and that humans are credited with causing it.
LkrLd TIL Milton Bradley introduced the game Simon at New York's famous Studio 54 night club
OW4R TIL There’s a highly poisonous plant that leaves you with a grin after death, like a real life Joker Toxin.