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TIL Tom Cruise's real name is 'Thomas Mapother'

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W7ra9 TIL Epicanthic folds are the folds of skin that give asian eye's their distinctive shape and are believed to evolved to help in cold climates, although UV protection might also be a reason.
b91dQ TIL of the Nazino affair - the mass deportation of 6,000 "socially harmful" people to Nazino Island in the Soviet Union in May 1933. They were abandoned with only flour for food, and little in the way of tools, clothing, or shelter, and those who attempted to leave were killed by armed guards.
WmQ8 TIL When Nelson Mandela met Spice Girls in 1997 he described the moment as “One of the greatest moments of my life”.
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KDV4 TIL that suburban neighborhoods were made to prevent people of being Communists. William Levitt, father of modern American suburbia declared: “No one who owns his own house and lot can be a Communist. He has too much to do.”