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TIL the guy who took pics of Einstein's office right after his death used a bottle of scotch as bribe to get into the room

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jamM TIL that President Herbert Hoover and his wife Lou both spoke fluent Mandarin Chinese. They communicated in the language whenever they wanted to keep their conversations private around guests and the press.
xnE5 TIL that people living in Hong Kong and Japan who cannot afford to live in a house, take advantage of McDonalds’ “doors are always open” policy and live in their restaurants. These people are also known as McRefugees.
gA94 TIL a German air traffic controller was upset at a British pilot and asked him rudely if he had never been to Frankfurt before. The British pilot replied “Yes, twice in 1944, but it was dark…and I didn’t land.”