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TIL that in order for stores in China to stock/sell tampons they have to import them, as Chinese companies made 85 billion sanitary pads last year, but not one tampon.

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R74N9 TIL about Maroons, enslaved Africans who quickly escaped in the countries they were brought to and often joined indigenous populations to form warrior tribes with their own complex language, war and living cultures. Many Maroon warfare tactics have been co-opted into global army training today.
GYQkg TIL A Spider-Man script was wrote by James Cameron in the early 90’s, had the film gone into production, it would have stared Leonardo Dicaprio as Peter Parker, and Arnold Schwarzenegger as Doctor Octopus, elements of the script were used in later movies.
R7Oma TIL the boxer who beat Roy Jones Jr. at the 1988 Olympics in a controversial split decision wishes he had lost. Park Si-Hun was so traumatized by his contentious victory that he retired from boxing after the end of the games.
7K6x TIL in Western dress code, “semi-formal” is technically synonymous with “black tie” (tuxedos and evening gowns). True “formal” dress is known as “white tie,” and consists of tailcoats for men and ball gowns for women.
x6pR0 TIL in 2021 a woman who ran out of her regular hair spray used Gorilla Glue Spray instead, believing it to also be hair spray. This resulted in her hair becoming stuck to her scalp. Eventually, a plastic surgeon performed a 4-hour long surgical procedure on her for free to remove the adhesive.