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TIL North Korea exported 1,680 tonnes – or about 135 double decker buses worth – of false eyelashes, beards and wigs

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LLE0 TIL that Ancient Greek cities honored victorious Olympian athletes by demolishing part of the city wall so that, on their return, they wouldn’t have to use the gate like ordinary mortals.
M7x8W TIL Dwight D. Eisenhower and his brother both had the nickname “Ike”. Dwight was “Little Ike” and his older brother Edgar was “Big Ike”
PL7g TIL that women generally had more legal rights under Islamic law than they did under Western legal systems until more recent times
xVLZw TIL that the city of Ontario, Oregon during WWII allowed Japanese Americans to settle in the city at the time when much of the West Coast supported their exclusion, and helped them escape internment camps. All thanks to then-mayor Elmo Smith.
KO1PE TIL that Adam Lambert actually auditioned for American Idol with a Michael Jackson song. The judges didn’t like it, but agreed to give him a second chance. He then sang Bohemian Rhapsody. Brian May saw the audition which eventually led to Lambert becoming frontman for Queen.