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TIL that "Urban Macrocephaly" is the phenomenon of excessive concentration of population and development of the main city of a country and it subjects the country to fragility to insurrections.

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woMM6 TIL from 1861 to 1941, the Shanghai International Settlement was a concession created by the unequal treaties inside the city of Shanghai enjoying exterritoriality from Chinese laws. It had its own courts, its postal services and its police among others
pY6mZ TIL the reason Amish men shave their mustaches, is bc they are conscientious objectors. They do not support war in any form or fashion, and because it was so commonplace for military men to be mustachioed, they do the opposite.
7w0b TIL When Lena Horne entertained troops during WWII for the USO, German POW’s were given front row seats while black servicemen were relegated to the back of the theater. She walked off the stage to the row where the black troops were seated and performed with the Germans behind her.
X04Jj TIL that there is a hotel in Sweden made entirely out of ice, including the beds and furniture, which is rebuilt every winter.
MeVna TIL Abraham Lincoln was once challenged to a duel by a political adversary. Lincoln accepted. Instead of pistols Lincoln chose swords instead of pistols. Friends intervened and it ended bloodlessly. Lincoln and his opponent laughed it off as being silly and became lifelong friends.