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TIL Ecuador’s official currency is the United States dollar.

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JYO58 TIL due to their similar protein composition, blood can be used as an egg substitute in baking and making ice cream.
nyAB TIL that most of the dialogue in the original Iron Man film was ad-libbed by Robert Downey Jr, and that Gwyneth Paltrow had more trouble matching him with a suitable line, since she never knew what he would say next.
Me6l8 TIL about the Sentenilese people, a tribe that has been self isolating on North Sentinel Island for around 60,000 years and attack anyone who attempts to make contact.
0PwA TIL that Mr Rodgers, when receiving his Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1997 Daytime Emmys, asked his audience to take “ten seconds to think of the people who have helped you become who you are”, causing many to cry.
QJLre TIL that Cats Experience Less Stress When They Have Access To Boxes.