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TIL Since the 50 State quarter program was started in 1997 the US Federal Government has made $3 billion from people taking the quarters out of circulation to collect.

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neORB TIL the difference between a nightmare and a bad dream is a nightmare wakes you up.
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8xZ4 TIL that in 1956, for a bet, while drunk, Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a small plane from New Jersey and then landed it perfectly on a narrow Manhattan street in front of the bar he had been drinking at. Then, two years later, he did it again after a man didn’t believe he had done it the first time.
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