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TIL that the Vietnamese unit of currency is the 'Dong.'

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0wWJM TIL that NFL cheerleaders make between $75-100 per game and $50 for special appearances, but around $3k a year
B4Ey TIL that the oldest person ever to live made a deal with a 47 year old lawyer at age 90; he would pay her 2500 francs per month in return for her apartment when she died. He paid more than double the apartment’s worth, and ended up dying two years before her.
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