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TIL the company that makes counterfeit-proof money for Australia made counterfeit money for Nigeria

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VMrg8 TIL about Parkinson's Law, which states that work expands proportionally to the time allotted for it.
E4ao TIL Bruce Spence was the only actor to appear in all three final films of three major trilogies: the Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, and Star Wars.
WkoE9 TIL At a prison facility in Nuuk, Greenland some inmates reportedly hold the keys to their own cells (to afford them privacy), and others may leave the premises during the day to go to work or school. Perhaps surprisingly, inmates are even allowed to go hunting with rifles to shoot birds and seals.
d8o88 TIL that that the average ball point pen can write for 900m, BIC (cristal) pens have 2.5km of ink and Selter pens have 4-5km. There is also the Fisher Infinium pen that supposedly will not run out in your life time.