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TIL The Officers That Made the Watergate Arrests Were Dressed as Hippies Because They Had Just Been Undercover to Find Drug Dealers

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l4WV TIL Tété-Michel Kpomassie, a Togolese writer, fell in love with Greenland as a child because of the absence of snakes in the country, his biggest fear. Due to this, he ran away from home and after 12 years he finally reached Greenland. He then wrote a book about it called: “An African in Greenland”
QJNlk TIL when an anteater yawns they stick their tongue out
p1WN TIL Switzerland banned nearly all forms of motor-racing after the tragic 1955 Le Mans disaster, where fragments of a crashed car flew in the stands, killing 83 spectators, the most deadly accident in motorsport history. Despite numerous attempts to lift it, the ban is still in place to this day.
WkJOd TIL about 40% of all Vietnamese people have the surname Nguyễn. It is also the 7th most popular surname in Australia, and 2nd in Melbourne in particular.
xVVBB TIL the "Hitler" mustache was originally coined as the "Toothbrush Mustache" before Hitler came along. It was also known as the 1/3, the postage stamp, and the soul stache.