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TIL that India installed the world's highest public telephone booth on the 20,000-foot Siachen Glacier in the Himalayas, so soldiers could phone home.

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e0wV5 TIL A Swedish sailor shipwrecked on an island inhabited by cannibals. He was captured and taken to a local king, whose daughter fell in love with him. He married, had nine children with her, and became the king after his father-in-law.
loyXr TIL Madame Nhu, Catholic first lady of South Vietnam (sister-in-law of unmarried President Diem), publicly responded to monk Thich Quang Duc's self immolation with "Let them burn & we shall clap our hands," insulting many among the Buddhist majority. Her father, ambassador to the US, disowned her.
OMBg TIL that the Chicago City Hall Board of Ethics didn’t find a single case of wrongdoing in 25 years, during which over 20 aldermen were convicted of felonies.
VL68 TIL Women’s flapper fashion of the 1920’s valued small breasts and a thin boyish figure. Bras to flatten the chest were wildly popular
XERgR TIL the entire set of The Mandalorian was digitally rendered using Unreal Engine 4 - in real time