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TIL Coco Chanel was a Nazi Agent in WWIi Paris

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dDPQZ TIL Worlds oldest billionaire is 104 years old
vPRZK TIL That a "bindle" is the bundle of belongings wrapped in a blanket or bandana and carried over the shoulder on a stick by the American "hobo" trope. Another name for a hobo carrying such a bindle is a "bindlestiff".
jN6PX TIL in 2002 a man managed to convince 30 people to quit their jobs and leave their homes to appear on a year long reality TV show that never existed.
gMVK8 TIL about pioneer James Young, a black man who was born into slavery, and would later move into Tombstone, Arizona, where he become a miner, ranch worker, hostler, indian scout, bodyguard, buffalo soldier, and a boxer who was the only black man to fight heavyweight world champion, John L Sullivan.
jbMM TIL an American exchange student in Germany had to be rescued by firefighters after getting stuck in a vagina sculpture.