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TIL that unlike many nations, Japanese banknotes feature portraits of artists, scientists and teachers

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Y71NB TIL that Bisha’h is a lie detection ritual practiced by Bedouin tribes of Ayaidah in northeastern Egypt. It involves suspects licking a heated metal spoon in front of tribal representatives.
OO9g TIL Hawaii’s largest-ever earthquake occurred in 1868, and the aftershocks are STILL being observed.
epDo5 TIL: Arlington National Cemetery is built on land initially owned by George Washington’s stepson and later owned by Robert E. Lee. The land was seized during the Civil War to serve as a burial site for the large amount of war casualties.
X0LjX TIL That the senate of American Samoa is elected by and from the "Matai" the chiefly nobility of the territory, making it the only place within the United States or it's territories that maintains a titled system of aristocracy with special rights unavailable to others.
XE91r TIL that the verb 'egg' (i.e. egged on, to incite into action) has been in the English language longer than the noun 'egg'.