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TIL that in World War I Germany published warnings in American newspapers that they may attack the Lusitania

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N77J TIL a Pakistani diplomat was denied an Ambassadorship to Saudi Arabia because his name in Arabic meant “Biggest Cock”
bjZa TIL that Andy Warhol would go into hair salons to get his wig cut, then the next month he would come back to the salon in a longer wig and act like his wig had grown.
9j7m TIL that 90% of Australia is not actually a desert. The actual number is 35%
pdA TIL, some time before the last books were written, Daniel Radcliffe asked J.K. Rowling if his character would die at the end of the series. After a long pause, she replied, “You get a death scene.”
e04MJ TIL the first computer mouse was wooden, created in 1964 and named "X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System"