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TIL a man peed his way out of an avalanche

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QNDJa TIL The Thonet No. 14 chair was the first mass-produced piece of furniture. The ease of production came from the wood being curved an iron mold. Over 50 million of these chairs have been sold since the invention in 1859.
GYnLE TIL that a wellness blogger who faked brain cancer was fined $410,000 for a scam involving her claims that her cancer was cured through nutrition and alternative therapies.
eKWD TIL in Battle of Saragarhi in 1897, 21 Sikhs soldiers of the then British Indian army fought 10000 Afghan tribal and killed over 600 of then before they were cut down to the last man
lb05 TIL that to avoid using the German-sounding word “hamburger” during WW2, American’s used the term “Liberty Steak”.
eaw6 TIL President Herbert Hoover and his wife Lou were fluent in Mandarin Chinese. During their years in the White House, they would often hold entire conversations in Chinese to prevent the staff and acquaintances from hearing what they were saying.