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

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ANrra TIL that Kelly McGillis and Jodie Foster were dating (one of Kelly's relationships)
rEj4 TIL that in China you need to fill out paperwork and get government approval if you want to be reincarnated.
Br0r TIL upon its discovery by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898, the element polonium was named after Poland (in latin Polonia) to shed light on the countries lack of independence. It may be the first element named to highlight a political controversy.
VMBjm TIL the FDA will not allow Nabisco to use the word “cream” to describe the stuffing in Oreos. It’s called “creme” because it contains zero dairy.
a8EPJ TIL about Doc Holliday/John Henry Holliday a dentist and gunfighter in the American West, who participated in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. He is known as the deadliest dentist in the west.