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TIL that Thai people have a fashion subculture called “Hitler Chic”

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p87ye TIL by 400 BC, Persian engineers had mastered the technique of storing ice in the middle of summer in the desert.
6EKwX TIL Almost All Canadian IATA Airport Codes Start With The Letter "Y"
bRaa TIL a handyman in Pennsylvania accidentally cut his hand off then fired twelve nails into his head with a nailgun in an effort to dull the pain. He survived.
8ax7V TIL that the inventor of Coca-Cola, John Stith Pemberton was a Civil War veteran who became addicted to morphine due to pain from a saber wound to the chest. Seeking alternatives to his morphine use, he developed the original formula for Coca-Cola with use of the coca plant for pain relief.
xV8Ag TIL noble gases on the periodic table are called "noble" because they don't react or generally interact with other elements, like "noble" aristocracy.