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TIL about the saukele, a Kazakh traditional bridal headdress. Conical in shape and very expensive, it had to be custom made by a jeweler. Each was decorated with jeweled/beaded pendants and had a veil in front and an embroidered strip hanging down the back.

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4kyg5 TIL when David Lynch was asked by fans for clues or answers regarding one of his films, he'd typically refuse; however when fans in France asked him for clues to help them decipher Mulholland Drive (2001), he gave them 10. "I thought the clues were only going to exist in France & then..the internet"
kJ0we TIL Nazi SS officer Klaus Barbie, AKA ‘Butcher of Lyon’ for his torture of Jews and French resistance, was smuggled by the US to Bolivia for anticommunist work. For 30 years he also aided multiple dictatorial regimes, paramilitary groups, and even Pablo Escobar with security and torture services
lQba TIL Baboons will kidnap feral dog puppies and raise them so that they will protect the baboon troop when they grow up.
gMbmb TIL '90s tennis star Andre Aggasi's iconic long rock-star hair was a wig which required extensive preparation to remain on his head during play. Aggasi claimed he lost the 1990 French Open final because he was so preoccupied that it would fall off during the match.
AD4v4 TIL about the Carrington Event which destroyed huge parts of the world's electrical system at the time.