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TIL people have been making counterfeit money since the first coins were created, coating common metals with the precious metals used for currency. And counterfeiting is known as “the world’s second oldest profession”.

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yQPLX TIL the difference between the black and white rhino has nothing to do with color. The black rhino has a narrower mouth while the white, or “wide” rhino has a wider mouth better for grass eating. White Rhino came from Wide Rhino as an error in translation from South African Dutch “Wijd Rhino”
xV8Rk TIL of Matvey Kuzmin, known as 'Lone Wolf', the oldest person to be awarded Hero of the Soviet Union. During WW2, a Nazi battalion paid him to lead them to the rear of Russian defenses. Instead, he led the battalion directly into an ambush. Realizing his betrayal, the Nazis killed him. He was 83.
AN6dn TIL that because The Flash (2023) was shooting during Covid restrictions instead of shooting scenes in an American neighborhood, they instead built houses from scratch on a plot of land in the UK and then had to tear them down after filming
MeX98 TIL Yves Volel was Anderson Cooper’s math teacher. Volel was a Haitian activist and political leader who fled Haiti in '65 and became a U.S. math teacher. When he returned to Haiti to run for president in ’87, he was assassinated.
9wAkm TIL that low-income countries can borrow money from the IMF on concessional terms, which means there is a period of time with no interest rates, through the Extended Credit Facility (ECF), the Standby Credit Facility (SCF) and the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF).