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TIL - Buick has sold more cars in China than the US since 2006

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Yl0r TIL before people knew the full extent of x-rays, women would get face x-rays in order to kill bacteria which would make skin look healthy and beautiful. After a while people who did this started developing tumors on their faces and some even died. Doctors also used this method for hair removal.
n7Yo TIL In 1979, a number of people in Sweden called in sick with a case of being homosexual, in protest of homosexuality being classified as an illness
b6Z8E TIL At the 1936 Olympic games, competitors from Liechtenstein were shocked to discover their flag was the exact same as Haiti’s. Liechtenstein added a crown to their flag a year later.
Edrp TIL the earliest documented version of Cinderella is Chinese.
kJA4d TIL about Tianducheng, a chinese town of 30,000 people built to look like Paris