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TIL the Titus cut, a female haircut that became popular during the French Revolution, was inspired by the way executioners would cut the hair of people going to the guillotine. A red ribbon could also be worn around the neck to further symbolize the guillotine victims.

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X15X TIL that Amazon removed text-to-speech features for the vision impaired from later Kindle models, for fear that it would cut into profits from audiobooks
mRlM TIL there is another Canada. The small town in Minnesota called Little Canada, flies a Canadian flag next to It’s US flag and they even celebrate Canada Day. Sadly it doesn’t have a Tim Hortons yet.
vPvOK TIL about Toivi Blatt and the 1943 Jewish uprising at the Sobibor death camp in Poland, one of three camps built for Operation Reinhardt. During the armed revolt by the Jewish prisoners, the Nazis were overpowered allowing several hundred to escape to freedom. The camp was never opened again.
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