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TIL China has Muslim Labour Camps

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7reAX TIL that in Finland meat sold in supermarkets has been labeled with the info on which farm the animals grew on.
grgLD TIL that all Senators and senior members of the House, are assigned a one-room hideaway as private office. These rooms are not listed in any directory and doors are marked only by a room number. In 1945, Harry Truman learned of FDR's death while having cocktails in Sam Rayburn's hideaway.
grRw7 TIL of The Trimates: three female primatologists (Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birutė Galdikas) who studied chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans respectively. Chosen and funded by anthropologist Louis Leaky, he viewed their work as key to understanding human evolution
16kdP TIL that Bela Lugosi was buried in his complete Dracula costume, cape included
odWA TIL when Sally Ride was preparing to launch as the first US woman in space in 1983, reporters asked questions like “Do you cry when things go wrong on the job?” and “Will the flight affect your reproductive organs?”