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TIL: Fashionable women have been dying their hair pink as early as the 1910's

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VM7Qk TIL that Vladimir Lenin spoke English with an Irish accent. According to a Russian diplomat, "Lenin said that his tutor in English was an Irishman and that was why he was speaking with an Irish accent."
WkYBY TIL that Oprah was born to a single mother, wore potato sacks for clothes, was molested by her family, and gave birth to a stillborn child at 14
neeVr TIL A woman named Glenda Blackwell once bought a scratch-off lottery ticket to prove to her husband that it was a waste of money and she ended up winning $1 million.
Ol4e TIL: In 2014 Namibia raised over $350k by auctioning off the right to hunt one endangered black rhino. The rhino was past breeding age and detrimental to the rest of the herd. The money was used to protect endangered animals.
KG0E TIL that businesses like McDonald’s and Starbucks buy chairs with low ‘butt ratings’ that have a measured time before they become too uncomfortable for patrons to stay.