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

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Ypmv TIL that when Charles Whitman began his shooting rampage at U Texas in 1966, a lot of locals grabbed their rifles and started shooting back. They kept him pinned down until the police could sneak up the tower and kill him.
Qrv6 TIL that Cuba has two types of currency - one for Cubans to buy basics and the other for tourists to buy what are considered luxuries
kJJRB TIL that only 20 years after the Wright Brothers first flight, we had successfully completed the first air to air refueling in June 1923.
e015E TIL that some Vikings had 'Allah' embroidered into funeral clothes and a ring found in a tomb near Stockholm had 'for Allah' inscribed on the stone.
pWdp TIL Louisiana is the prison capital of the world - Where 1 out of every 86 adults is in jail