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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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BrWNe TIL a doctor who was accused of sexual assault managed to beat three DNA tests by implanting a plastic tube filled with another man's blood in his arm. A more comprehensive test using hair and saliva samples resulted in a match. He was eventually convicted, jailed, and deported.
e00O6 TIL all the crown princes of Europe married commoners
e0RQJ TIL Jean-Pierre Adams, former french footballer has been in coma for 36 years now (since 1982) following a knee surgery
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1a7rO TIL that the story of the Dutch "Tulip Mania" is wildly exaggerated, and was propaganda created by religious Calvinists to promote the notion that "wealth is ungodly"