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TIL that Coco Chanel was a Nazi Spy and a huge Anti-Semite.

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bmjj TIL that until 1987, heart surgery (and other surgeries) could be performed on babies with no anaesthesia, as it was commonly thought that babies could not feel pain
ejEJ TIL that techniques for cheaply mass-producing truffles have existed since 1808. However, due to a combination of factors, many of these techniques were lost, and despite modern attempts truffle production has never fully recovered.
D1NWe TIL That the coldest temperature recorded was -144°F in Vostok Antartica. Humans can’t inhale air that cold for more than a few breaths—it would cause your lungs to hemorrhage. Russian scientists ducking out to check on the weather station would wear masks that warmed the air before they breath in.
LQyEm TIL that the USS Ward, the first ship involved in WW II when it sunk a sub sneaking into Pearl Harbor hours before the aerial attack, was commanded by Wm. Outerbridge. 3 years later, USS Ward was mortally damaged by Kamikaze, and ordered sunk by USS O'Brien, commanded by Wm. Outerbridge.
9ZmQ TIL that Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States, was the first to be born a US citizen. All presidents prior were born British subjects.