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TIL that Coco Chanel was a Nazi.

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GYr11 TIL: Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater to freshwater
jNajn TIL that women are far more likely to kill people they know, and to do so by the stereotypical techniques (for women, at least) of poisoning and asphyxiation.
6EyvW TIL that rainfalls of diamonds have been suggested to occur within Saturn, as well as in Jupiter
WkGy8 TIL Karl Marx was a savvy stock investor
P1WoO TIL in the 19th and early 20th centuries the British army maintained a network of "lock hospitals" established to manage the spread of STDs around colonial military installations due to the prevalence of venereal diseases amongst British troops. India had lock hospitals on the larger bases.