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TIL Rolex designs the Greenroom at the Oscars

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MeBGW TIL a woman in Utah kept her dead husband in a freezer for ten years so she could collect his veteran's benefits. He left a notarized note saying she hadn't killed him.
lo78G TIL China's past presidents all failed to fully master the official language of Putonghua, which literally means "common speak." China's original reformist leader, Deng Xiaoping, spoke with a thick Sichuanese dialect that some found difficult to follow
KYo0R TIL Roy Benavidez, armed with a knife, went to assist a 12 man SF team who were surrounded by 1,000 NVA soldiers, and provided cover fire . After the battle he was evacuated, having 37 bayonet, bullet and shrapnel wounds, was presumed dead, and placed in a body bag, but was later found to be alive.
pYY5Q TIL that a yawn is such an empathetic behavior that reading about yawning will make 55% of people yawn just from reading it.
Mve0 TIL that in 2001 a Hooter’s restaurant held a sales contest for servers offering the prize of a new Toyota. When a server won, she was presented with a new “toy yoda”. She sued the restaurant for deception and won enough money to buy a new car.