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TIL that Elyesa Bazna was a Turkish spy who worked for the Nazis during World War II but provided so much intel they distrusted him and ignored most of it. The Allies failed to catch him, but he was eventually arrested after the war when it turned out that the Nazis had paid him with fake money.

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9YXEm TIL Franziska Donner, the First Lady of the Republic of Korea from 1948 until 1960, was Austrian. She met Syngman Rhee at the Geneva Disarmament Conference. Despite a significant gap in age and backgrounds, as well as familial opposition on her part, they were married the following year in New York
wLpWP TIL In Spanish, the word for manliness (la hombría) is feminine
xB8g TIL that negotiating with any country on behalf of the US is a felony if you haven’t been given the authority to do so.
OGNgX TIL some people have a hole above their ear canal called a "preauricular pit", due to a sinus tract being in the wrong place.
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