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TIL in feudal Japan lords purposely built homes with squeaky floors as a defensive measure against ninjas.

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p8Ye8 TIL that Stranger Things' actress Millie Bobby Brown, who plays Eleven, is deaf in one ear.
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vmx7 TIL the Nazi ideology of aggressive land expansion (Lebensraum) was partly based on the idea of American Manifest Destiny.
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