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TIL that Miss World (GBR) and Miss Universe (USA) fight against humanitarian crises, Miss International (JPN) fights for feminism and inner strength, Miss Earth (PHL) fights for environmental and climate protection.

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9w5m TIL just 2 days after Nikola Tesla’s death, the FBI ordered the Office of Alien Property (OAP) to seize all of his belongings, even though Tesla was an American citizen. The “Alien Property Custodian” was an office of the US Government that was in charge of the property that belonged to US enemies.
lowdA TIL The Phillipines was a colony of the USA during WWII and was attacked by Japanese forces after Pearl Harbor in the same day
LkrPv TIL that the popular song, "The Gal From Ipanema", is about a woman named Helo Pinheiro, who still lives in Rio de Janeiro.
6ZOl TIL of William Buckland, Dean of Westminster. Who upon being shown a preserved piece of Louis XIV’s heart exclaimed, ‘I have eaten many strange things, but have never eaten the heart of a king before’ and proceeded to eat the piece.
4X4v6 TIL that, after she wanted to marry a lawyer whom her mother disapproved of, Blanche Monnier was locked by her mother in her room for 25 years--being discovered and rescued by the police in 1901.