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TIL French mathematician Joseph Fourier believed wrapping his body in a blanket was beneficial to his health. He died after tripping on it and falling down the stairs.

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nebK9 TIL in 1961, Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara wrote a book called “Guerrilla Warfare”, which explained different tactics for waging guerrilla warfare in different countries. Bolivian counter-insurgency forces also studied this book, which eventually led to Guevara’s capture and execution in 1967.
gM8b8 TIL China has a shortage of women. Vietnamese wives can be purchased for $4000 to $12,000. A reporter asked some boys why they helped traffickers and they replied “I wanted a new iPhone.”
gMnjX TIL when the 1957 Lotus Seven was introduced, it came as a self-assembly kit to avoid car taxation of the day. As the tax rebate didn't apply to kits that came with an assembly manual, Lotus bundled theirs with a disassembly manual that was supposed to be followed in reverse.
e0V95 TIL that the Knights of Columbus funded Catholic rebels against the secularist Mexican government in the 1920s. In response, the Ku Klux Klan sent $10,000 to the Mexican government to help them fight the Catholics.
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