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TIL Benjamin Franklin designed one of the first U.S. coins and instead of “In God We Trust” it said “Mind Your Business”

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YpoOG TIL at 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake, Canadian ice makers secretly hid a loonie (dollar coin) at center ice of the hockey rink. After both Canadian men and women hockey teams won gold, the "lucky loonie" was put in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Canadians still hide coins at the Olympics for luck.
v5m7 TIL That an unnamed Nurse appeared in more episodes of House, M.D. (134 Episodes) then main characters like Dr. Cameron (130) and Dr. Taub (96).
w8A8 TIL that the ancient Egyptians developed a pregnancy test that could accurately predict the gender of the baby 70% of the time.
QJDad TIL when Weird Al Yankovic asked Kurt Cobain to parody 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' that Kurt asked him if it would be about food, and Al said it would be about how no one could understand his lyrics. Kurt found that extremely funny, and said absolutely.
X6JR TIL that snub-nosed dog breeds continually struggle to breathe because of their deformity