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TIL that nudists refer to non-nudists as “Textiles”

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4kBEN TIL in 1945 Ireland's president and prime minister both offered official condolences to Germany upon the death of Hitler. They were the only Western European democracy to do so.
ORZ4 TIL of Begum Samru (1753-1836), an Indian dancing girl who became the wealthy ruler of her own small principality. She led her troops into battle, and was so successful that many believed that she had supernatural powers. After baptism, Samru became India’s only Catholic ruler.
6EjyJ TIL Jimi Hendrix mainly played right-handed guitars that were turned upside down and restrung for left-hand playing.
oRxA8 TiL that because of creative differences following the recording of "By the Way", Flea nearly quit the Red Hot Chili Peppers to teach full time at a music conservatory.
OoKxL TIL that during the carving of Mount Rushmore there were zero fatalities as a result of accidents. That is 14 years (1927-1941) of carving and dynamite blasts without a death.