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TIL about the Bitch Wars: gulag prisoners who’d helped fight the Nazis in WW2 vs those who’d refused

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KYw19 TIL Dry cleaning isn't dry at all and is only called dry because it uses chemical solvents instead of water
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jN1YE TIL Why the buttons for girls and guys’ clothes are on different sides: when button up clothes were invented, wealthy women were dressed by their servants, and men dressed themselves. Having buttons on different sides made it easier for servants to button.
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awbEZ TIL that Japan does not have as many forest fires as the US although Japan is largely covered with vast forests and has really hot summers.