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TIL Nixon’s minions planned to murder a reporter critical of his administration

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e0WvD TIL Chinese Pidgin English. Used for 200 years in Chinese ports, the language mix Chinese syntax and English words creating a grammar like: "Chinese man very great rogue truly, but have fashion, no can help". Some expressions were introduced back into English: "Long time no see"; "No money no talk".
p8P6p TIL The French government bombed and sunk a Greenpeace ship while it was harboured at Auckland, New Zealand. A photographer was killed, and two French agents were apprehended.
KO4dJ TIL Audi did not widely adopt airbags until 1994, but rather used a system called Procon-ten. In a collision the system would pull the steering column away from the driver using a series of cables.
ZpK0B TIL Neil Gaiman was hired to write the English translation of Princess Mononoke.
GYwbQ TIL: Norway’s flag contain 6 other countries flag that include: Indonesia, Thailand, Poland, France, Netherlands, and Finland