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TIL the modern men’s suit was first adopted by rulers, not businessmen, at the behest of Beau Brummell, a close confidant of George IV.

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WkRY TIL Mexico’s not only at war with the cartels but also with a group called EZLN who is a nonviolent organization against military, paramilitary, and corporate incursions who take advantage of the indigenous people of Chiapas,Mexico. They are also supported by the likes of Rage Against the Machine.
6EOVJ TIL: Bees indirectly led to the discovery of New York's largest marijuana Farm underneath a Brooklyn cherry factory
69e0Y TIL that nearly everyone mispronounces Chico Marx' first name (one of the famous Marx Brothers) as "Cheek-Oh" when it's actually pronounced "Chick-Oh". He earned the nickname as the brother who was always chasing after the "chicks" (slang for girls).
l7PmV TIL that there is partially completed Tube station under Hampstead Heath, which was abandoned after its American backer was blocked from purchasing land to build a residential area which would provide passengers to use the station
pxW4 TIL that before the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911, the painting was so unknown that the Washington Post used the wrong image of the painting in their article reporting the theft