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BRrW TIL that in 2010, Lou Reed and his wife held a high frequency concert for dogs.
4kXVN TIL that before becoming president of the Democratic republic of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh worked as a dishwasher at the Drayton Court Hotel in London, as a line manager for GM in Boston and a pastry chef in Brooklyn among other jobs.
VbDm TIL that in the late 1960s, the Shah of Iran sent a series of letters to the King of Saudi Arabia, saying, “Please, my brother, modernize. Open up your country. Make the schools mixed. Let women wear miniskirts. Have discos. Be modern. Otherwise I cannot guarantee you will stay on your throne.”
j6NME TIL That Jamie Lee Curtis is a Baroness (styled The Right Honourable The Lady Haden-Guest).
QN9Zp TIL During World War II, the Nazis replaced regular women with Nazi spies in a prestigious Berlin brothel frequented by top figures and foreign leaders, maintaining operations until 1942.