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TIL the samurai cloak, the Horo is a shield against incoming arrows

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P18vZ TIL that in the late 1920s, Henry Ford tried to build a town called Fordlandia in the Brazilian jungle for the purpose of supplying tire rubber. Designed to be inhabited by 10,000 people, the project totally failed from poor management, disease, worker unrest, and other factors.
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kJJWW TIL Lake Superior State University of Michigan has a "Department of Natural Unicorns" and has been issuing Unicorn Questing licenses since 1971. The questing season is everyday except Valentine's Day and times Santa or the Tooth Fairy are around. They discourage the use of "simulated" virgins.
5Y7bQ TIL Ted Bundy's female fans who watched his trial wore their hair the same style as his victims so they would appeal to him
4XB9X TIL that it's impossible to die of skin suffocation. The filmmakers of the James Bond films believed it was a real risk. For Goldfinger, which features a scene of someone dying of skin suffocation due to being painted gold, they had a physician present and cleaned the person as quickly as possible.