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TIL: nazi symbol was stolen from asian cultures.
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TIL: Dodi Fayed, who was dating Princess Diana and died in the same crash, was cousins with Jamal Khashoggi the journalist who was murdered
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TIL that if you are still Single at the age of 25 in Denmark your closest friends hit you with cinnamon.
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TIL there is such a thing as the history of history, called historiography, where emphasis is placed on studying the history of historical texts.
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TIL about Mandate of Heaven, theory in China, according to which the ruler must have the support of Heaven to rule. Moral rulers who care for their people gain the mandate. If a despot sits on the throne, the Heavens can withdraw it, which they signal through e.g. eclipses, floods, wars, plagues etc
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TIL AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson went to record a a jingle for the Hoover Vaccum Company. Having completed the greatest vaccum jingle of all time, he then walked across the street to Vanilla records and auditioned for AC/DC.