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TIL that Coco Chanel was a Nazi agent

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GRkj TIL that there is no such thing as standing in line in Chinese culture. Chinese simply push and jostle to the front, to the chagrin of non-Chinese.
vrPr TIL the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was so fast that the standard evasive action in case a surface-to-air missile launch was detected was simply to accelerate and outfly the missile
ka05 TIL that every spring in Dongyang, China, eggs are boiled in the urine of young boys and sold as a delicacy said to “taste like spring”.
yQMWa TIL that Antartica has a native insect species the Antarctic Midge, Belgica Antarctica. The species has been for around 30 million years and has adapted to surviving the cold, it is the technically the largest land animal on the contient and has the tiniest genome of any insect.
ex6n TIL in Italy, old people “adopt” students, who can’t afford rent, to their homes in exchange for company and a little help around the house (website in italian)