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TIL An estimated 92% of U.S. dollar bills contain traces of cocaine

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7GAx TIL that the area that is now the Mediterranean Sea was once dry, but about 5 million years ago the Atlantic Ocean poured through the Strait of Gibraltar at a rate 1000 times that of the Amazon, filling the Mediterranean Sea in about 2 years.
NX4J8 TIL Ben Stiller was an actor in Empire of the Sun (1987) and his comedy film Tropic Thunder was in part based on that experience
aERo TIL in 2008 the makers of square-shaped Shreddies breakfast cereal ran an ad campaign promoting their ‘new’ diamond-shaped version. Sales increased by 18%.
j6MyR TIL that the "colored girls" in Lou Reed's song "Walk on the Wild Side" were actually three white English backing vocalists from a group called Thunder Thighs
9wAkD TIL about the existence of Microsoft Excel eSports: Players are given a series of problem-solving tasks they must complete using an Excel spreadsheet, and points are awarded based upon how accurate their solutions are