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yQd8v TIL about "Bald–Hairy" a Russian political joke based on the observation that the nation's presidents consistently alternate hair types (ie Lenin was bald, Stalin had hair, Khruschev was bald, Brezhnev had hair.)
7rDw7 TIL that Ottoman military music, as a genre, is alive and well to this day
WkQrL TIL in apartheid South Africa a "Pencil Test" determined if an ambiguous looking person was white, black or coloured. If the pencil passed through their hair with ease, they "passed", but if it didn't, it suggested Afro-textured hair and they'd be forced to live apart from the white community.
xVgg1 TIL NYC Transit sunk 2,500 retired subway cars along the eastern seaboard to create artificial reef habitats for marine life
aGj9 TIL that Starbucks spends more money on health insurance for its employees than on coffee beans.