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TIL part of the reason the US Treasury doesn’t put the 2 dollar bill into wider circulation is because people opt to collect them, rather than actually spending them

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pB7e TIL that the first three major tenets of early Rastafarian beliefs were “Hatred of Whites”, “Superiority of Blacks” and “Revenge on Whites for their wickedness”
9L9B TIL That a bear fought in the Polish Army in WW2. He carried shells to the frontline and was taught to salute.
VM74 TIL: In 1860’s San Francisco, two stray dogs who were “best friends” became local celebrities, their exploits were celebrated in local papers, and they were granted immunity from the city’s dog catchers.
LkKVZ TIL that 119 years ago, Teddy Roosevelt "shocked the nation" by inviting a black man to have dinner with him at the White House. That man was Booker T Washington and that dinner almost got him killed.
vAaR TIL of Najih Al-Baldawi, an Iraqi man who sacrificed himself by hugging a suicide bomber as they detonated inside a shrine, reducing the force of the blast and saving dozens of people.