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TIL the Africa Union plans to have a single, continent-wide currency. The currency is likely going to be called afro or afriq.

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1aPMd TIL the phrase "in the limelight" which refers to being the focus of attention comes from a 19th century device. Calcium oxide known as quicklime is heated in an intensely hot flame until it glows brightly. First as a surveying tool, it allowed for more accurate measurements.
yxKX TIL - Lyndon Johnson ordered a pair of pants with extra room from his “nuts” to his “bunghole”.
ZpDlY TIL Mel Brooks won an Oscar for making fun of his own movie. After watching an abstract animated short Brooks commissioned his own short and improvised a commentary to make The Critic (1963) which won Brooks his first Oscar.
e0PMb TIL The man believed to be the richest drug lord of all time died while getting plastic surgery to alter his appearance. The two surgeons that performed the procedure were later found dead, encased in concrete inside steel drums, with their bodies showing signs of torture
yVdee TIL about Iris Cummings. She is the last surviving competitor of 1936 Berlin Olympics and also flew military aircraft for the Women Airforce Service Pilots during WW2