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TIL that North Korea exports human hair to skirt the impacts of sanctions

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OogKR TIL that before Paris was liberated from the Nazis, Hitler ordered military governor Dietrich von Choltitzthe to demolish the Eiffel Tower and other major landmarks. He refused this direct order, and surrendered to the Allies instead, saving the tower.
8JbX TIL While filming Return of the Jedi, Harrison Ford advocated killing off his character, Han Solo, finding him boring. George Lucas denied his request, saying “dead Han toys” wouldn’t sell.
9G1p TIL the Appalachian Mountains in N. America, Andes Mountains in S. America, and Atlas Mountains in Africa were once the same mountain range
xVgMg TIL in 1964, the FBI spent three months investigating whether the song "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen was obscene and therefore illegal to transport across state lines. They concluded there was no evidence the lyrics were rude.
E1Bvp TIL that Abigail Adams, who believed slavery was evil and antithetical to democracy, wrote on the eve of the Revolutionary War, that she doubted her fellow Americans had the "passion for liberty" they claimed to have, given how they "deprived their fellow creatures" of freedom.