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TIL that Mattel is one of the largest apparel manufacturers in the world due to all the outfits it makes for Barbie Dolls.

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e0506 TIL the American flag was designed by a High School Student. Happy Independence Day!
5YMGP TIL the singer of Midnight Oil, most famous for the song Beds are Burning, has served as Minister for School Education and Minister for the Environment of Australia
XE55k TIL that more high-ranking Nazi officers died in the Czechoslovakian car Tatra 77a and 87 than in active combat, prompting Hitler to ban his officers from driving them. It was nicknamed the "Czech secret weapon" by the Allied forces.
N78de TIL the eldest brother of the Dalai Lama was one of the first high-profile Tibetans to go into exile and was the first to settle in the United States. He led three long walks for Tibetan independence, including a 600-mile walk from Toronto to New York City
kDd TIL American troops committed over 10,000 rapes in the space of just three months during the occupation of Japan