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TIL that ridiculously long nails was the hot trend in Vietnam during the 1920’s.

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BrwXe TIL on April 18, 1930 the BBC made an announcement at the beginning of its daily radio program that there was no news. For the rest of the 15-minute time slot, the station played only piano music and it became known in history as The Day Without News’
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