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TIL Quarters minted before 1964 are worth about $5 when melted down

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aLQZ TIL In the US, the right to refuse to pledge allegiance to the flag was won in the Supreme Court by Jehovah’s Witnesses
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DRbD TIL that the “Cool S”, that everyone remembers drawing back in junior high, has no clear origin and has spread across the globe since the 1980s.
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