gnostek1 / 6Zimbabwean banknotes ranging from 10 dollars to 100 billion dollars printed within a one-year period. The magnitude of the currency scalars signifies the extent of the hyperinflation.
01The Z$100 trillion note, issued January 2009, was worth approximately US$0.40 on the day it was printed.
02At peak hyperinflation in November 2008, month-on-month inflation hit 79,600,000,000% — prices doubled every 24 hours.
03Zimbabwe officially abandoned its dollar in April 2009; citizens were allowed to exchange Z$35 quadrillion for US$1.
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01The dividing line between Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd runs through Germany to this day, each operating independently.
02Together the two chains operate over 10,000 stores across more than 20 countries.
03Theo Albrecht was kidnapped in 1971 and held for 17 days before being released for a reported ransom of 7 million DM.
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01Ten people were killed and three wounded across Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. in 23 days.
02The snipers fired from a hole cut in the trunk of a blue 1990 Chevrolet Caprice Classic.
03Malvo was 17 at the time of the attacks; Muhammad was executed by Virginia in 2009.
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01The helmet was found in 263 fragments; conservators spent years reconstructing it like a three-dimensional iron jigsaw.
02The burial ship was 27 meters long and left no wood — only a ghost-stain of iron rivets in the soil.
03Edith Pretty, the landowner, gifted the entire hoard to the British Museum in 1939, one of the largest private donations in its history.
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01Hanson's 1998 paper listed nine developmental steps from dead matter to star-colonizing civilization; each step is a candidate filter.
02Finding microbial life on Mars, Hanson argues, would be the worst possible news — it suggests the filter lies ahead, not in abiogenesis.
03Hanson also developed 'futarchy,' a governance system where policy is decided by prediction markets rather than elected officials.
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01Players banged a Beltran-era trash can in the tunnel adjacent to the dugout — one bang for breaking ball, two for fastball.
02The scheme was exposed by pitcher Mike Fiers in November 2019, two years after the Astros' 2017 championship.
03MLB fined the Astros $5 million and stripped draft picks, but no player was suspended — none at all.
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01408 civilians died — mostly women and children sheltering from airstrikes in Baghdad's Amiriyah district.
02The bunker was built by a Finnish firm to NATO specifications; the US knew its layout.
03Charred silhouettes of bodies are still visible on the interior walls, preserved as a memorial.
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01Nine .30-caliber rounds were fired through the window; two entered Siegel's head, one exiting through his right eye socket.
02Fifteen minutes after the shooting, three men walked into the Las Vegas Flamingo and declared themselves the new owners.
03The hit was never officially solved; Meyer Lansky, his childhood friend, was the prime suspect he never named.
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01Donaghy placed or received bets on 57 games between 2005 and 2007, including playoffs he was assigned to work.
02He was identified not by the NBA but by an FBI investigation into organized crime connections.
03After release, Donaghy alleged in a lawsuit that NBA officials instructed referees to extend a 2002 Western Conference Finals series.