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

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B9wL TIL that billionaire Howard Hughes bought a casino for the sole purpose of moving its trademark neon silver slipper. Visible from Hughes’ bedroom, it had apparently kept him awake at night.
ANWgd TIL that light isn't the fastest thing. The expansion of the universe is significantly faster, perhaps even a million times faster!
wLMlM TIL about Runaway, a 1984 film from North Korea that features covers of ABBA songs.
x6JY5 TIL that nearly 100 years ago researchers at Princeton University successfully turned a living cat into a functioning telephone. Using a series of electrodes, they captured the electrical signals from the cat's auditory nerves and converted them into sound waves.
5YXrp TIL of Normal Borlaug, the man who saved a billion lives. In the 1970's, he developed a new strain of wheat that was heavily disease resistant and could grow in very arid conditions. Between 1965 and 1970, Pakistan, Mexico, and India more than doubled their food supplies.