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TIL that the Vietnamese unit of currency is the 'Dong.'
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TIL of Aeroplankton, the atmospheric analogue to oceanic plankton that deposit many millions of airborne viruses and bacteria every day on every square meter around the planet.
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TIL The two most common recorders that beginners learn to play are soprano and alto. The majority of Baroque sonata literature for the "flute" was actually composed for the alto recorder
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TIL of Perpetua, a 3rd century martyr, by attack of wild animals. In the midst of the attacks, she would fix her dress and her hair to preserve her dignity. She eventually died by guiding the sword of a shaky soldier to her own neck.
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TIL while recovering from a plane crash, Howard Hughes decided he didn't like his bed so he called in a group of engineers to design a new one which served as a prototype for modern hospital beds
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TIL before Apple, Steve Wozniak invented a device to make free long distance calls, that he once used to nearly get ahold of the Pope, posing as Henry Kissinger.