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TIL that much like champagne, the term "haute couture" is strictly protected by France

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wLw7E TIL November 4th is national “Death to America” day in Iran, and it’s an official national holiday
dNEd TIL that John Rabe, although being part of the Nazi party, saved over 200,000 Chinese people from certain death by Japanese armed forces in WW2