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TIL that Ganguro is a style used to rebel against the ‘traditional beauty’ of pale skin with dark hair, rather then an imitation of Western culture.

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K15a TIL that in the early 1800s the British spent many hundred of thousands of pounds bribing countries to stop the slave trade
oRYN8 TIL all forms of paternity tests have been illegal in France unless ordered by court since 1994 because it has the potential of breaking up too many families
oRNy8 TIL During World War I, the Germans bombed New York City by setting off explosives at an munitions plant killing 3 people and permanently damaging the torch on the Statue of Liberty. It helped draw the USA into World War I similar to the Pearl Harbor attack during World War II.
69EeJ TIL Mike Campbell (of the Heartbreakers) wrote Don Henley's Hit "Boys of Summer"
yQO7X TIL two-thirds of the way between your 31st and 32nd birthdays, you will turn one billion seconds old.