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TIL that Coco Chanel was a Nazi spy
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TIL this abandoned, unfinished 50,000 square foot mega mansion on 32 acres in Oregon was built by Hollywood Video founder Mark Wattles. It was to feature an indoor sports court/pool and a 60-car subterranean garage. He spent $12 million and then never finished it...
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TIL: Whistling to cat call a woman is just the whistle to recall your dog - but in reverse
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TIL that David Kirkpatrick adopted the stage name "Slim Dusty" in 1938 at age 11. He went on to release 118 records (60 studio albums)
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TIL about Yolanda Fernández de Cofiño, inventor of the Happy Meal. She was the daughter of the Chilean embassador to Guatemala. Her husband owned the first McDonalds in Guatemala, and she went to study in the Hamburger University.
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TIL The two parts to the word “helicopter” are not “heli” and “copter”, but “helico” meaning spiral, and “pter” meaning one with wings, like pterodactyl.