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TIL Braun introduced a butane powered curling iron in 1982

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Egp7w TIL that in 2022, a British newspaper livestreamed an iceberg lettuce next to a picture of the newly appointed Prime Minister asking if if could outlast them. The Lettuce won.
ADJMn TIL Hinduism deity called 'Ila' is an androgyne deity which is known for their sex changes. As a man, he is known as Sudyumna and as a woman, is called Ilā.
pYnk8 TIL the Democratic Republic of the Congo built its new National Museum in 2019 with the funding of South Korea. Congolese experts working there are now trained in South Korea instead of by Belgian scientists from the Africa Museum in Brussels
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0wn9v TIl Nova Scotia gives Boston a Christmas tree every year as thanks. In 1917 a ship carrying explosives exploded near the city of Halifax, killing 1,500 people immediately and hundreds in the next few weeks. The city of Boston immediately sent doctors, supplies, and money by ship and train to help.