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TIL president Hoover and his wife both spoke Mandarin Chinese and would use it in the White House to foil eavesdroppers

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WkblY TIL in 2015, a British woman began receiving threatening emails from a stalker that included pictures of her in public she had no idea were being taken. When she contacted authorities, they told her the emails were coming from inside her house. It turned out to be her husband.
E1Aap TIL of Elena Muhkina, a Soviet gymnast who broke her neck after being pressured into performing a dangerous move. She was already suffering from an under-healed break in her leg and, as she laid on the floor with her neck broken, her first thought was: “Thank god, I won’t be going to the Olympics.”
0w9L1 TIL a Texas man shot himself in the face after his bullet ricocheted of the armadillo he was trying to shoot.
m1VOP TIL that Anna Sueangam-iam, Miss Thailand 2022, wore a dress made out of soda tab as a homage to her father who worked as a garbage collector
Bg0AL TIL about halo cars, made with the intent to represent a brand and improve public perception of them, with little to no intention for making profit off them. Most major brands have at least one, with examples including Dodge's Viper and Ford's GT series.