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TIL that the Double Florin remains legal tender in the UK, as it was never withdraw after decimilization. It is equivalent to 20p but the silver content is worth far more.

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MeM80 TIL Norwegian police banned a team of Finnish divers from a cave in 2014 after 2 people died. In secret, the divers pulled their 2 dead friends to the surface & fulfilled a promise to a widow of one man. The illegal rescue took 27 divers & 101 hrs in frigid water, using about 1-ton of equip.
Z8yAD TIL The Beatles' set off on their 1st World Tour without an unexpectedly sick Ringo. Session drummer Jimmie Nicol replaced him for eight performances before fading into obscurity. The whirlwind experience was a mixed bag for Nicols, who later said "I see why so many famous people kill themselves."
epAR6 TIL as of 2022, the Blue House in South Korea no longer houses the President due to the current one relocating his office and has been open to the public as a park
R7mR8 TIL the 30s gangster movie that Macaulay Culkin used for his sound effects in Home Alone was actually a fake movie designed specifically for Home Alone.
wGB8 TIL The bezel on a dive watch only rotates counterclockwise- The reason for this is so that if the bezel is bumped accidentally during a dive, it will only move one direction, subtracting time from the dive and prompting the diver to end his dive early.