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TIL that in order to combat the negative images of Chinese tourists abroad, people are willing to pay hundreds of dollars for Western etiquette classes

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l9mG TIL Volvo invented the three point seat belt, then gave free license to all other auto manufacturers to use it.
lVgG Til that 1,000 pound Texas woman, who was known as “Half Ton Killer” has lost 800 pounds after she falsely confessed to killing her two years old nephew by sitting on top of him.
KOJ7B TIL, in WWI dogs, horse, mules and donkeys all wore gas masks.
j5Np TIL a Canadian-based company, as a joke, started selling canned fresh air, but the product became lucrative when marketed in China. They package compressed air from the Rocky Mountains into aluminum cans that sell for $10-$20 each.
R5k08 TIL in 1964 Texas Instruments, popularly known for creating the TI-84 graphing calculator, created the first laser guidance system for precision guidance munitions, intended for use on F-4 Phantom fighter jets in Vietnam. The company sold its defense business to Raytheon in 1997.