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TIL that thanks to Cyprus, Greek islands off the cost of Turkey. and French territories in NA / Africa / SA, the Euro is a local currency on at least five continents (six if you count Oceania as a continent).

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Rpo8 TIL in the early days of sound movies, before dubbing, actors had to shoot each scene three times: one in English, one in Spanish, and one in either French or German (speaking their lines phonetically.) Buster Keaton complained about “having to shoot lousy films not just once, but three times.”
rRAly TIL The Bond Movie trope of James Bond scuba diving somewhere, surfacing, then removing the wetsuit to reveal an unblemished full tuxedo, was inspired by a WW2 Dutch Spy who used the technique to sneak into Nazi-controlled Netherlands.
BrE8x TIL that Olga of Kiev, murdered over 5000 people in revenge for the murder of her husband, converted to Christianity and became a Saint.
Yp0aZ TIL: a Swedish man who received an artificial heart successfully dodged charges for tax evasion because he was considered legally to have died when his natural heart was removed.
ep8j4 TIL doctors used gene therapy to successfully treat 5 children born with profound genetic deafness. Within weeks of the treatment, the children—who had never heard sound before—were able to hear speech and even recognize the "location" of sounds.