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TIL Paris Hilton was once engaged to a guy called Paris who was the exact same height as her and also a heir to a billionaire family

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n5XW TIL Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a Polish war hero who helped win the American Revolutionary War, left his property in the USA to be sold to educate and free Thomas Jefferson’s and other slaves. As executor, Jefferson never acted on the will and no slaves were freed.
oB67o TIL in 1997 a Danish woman visiting New York City was arrested and strip-searched for leaving her baby in a stroller outside a restaurant while she and the baby's father dined inside, a common practice in Denmark. She later sued the city and was awarded $66,000.
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4kAd5 TIL During the 1966-1976 Irish Bank Strikes, the Irish economy essentially continued business as usual as a result of the trust and conversational personal contact circulating across local communities through the pubs.
oRB4K TIL Veronica Lake's peekaboo hairstyle was so popular during WW2 that the U.S. government asked her to change it to something more suited for factory work. She soon obliged and unveiled her new look: the victory roll.