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TIL writer Leslie Charteris, creator of “The Saint” was half Chinese and it needed a special act of Congress to allow him to settle in the USA, overriding the Chinese Exclusion Act

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v9O7 TIL the Virgin Hotel in Chicago has no check-in desk; it uses a smartphone system in which you scan a QR code and retrieve your room key from a vending machine. The personal comfort assistant app named Lucy can order more pillows, control room temperature, and coordinate messages with hotel staff.
yVLe TIL The reason our voices sound different to us when recorded & played back is due to our skull bones
X065E TIL The Tlaxcaltecan (Rivals of the Aztec) fought alongside Ottoman Turks against Chinese Pirates and Japanese Ronin in the Castilian War
5VOPn TIL that Uruguay is considered to have won the world cup 4 times and is therefore allowed to have 4 stars on their FIFA world cup jersey
neMZ9 TIL - A British company called Aquafuel Research Ltd was commissioned by Formula E to build a pair of mobile generators that run on a fuel that is virtually emission free – glycerine