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TIL red lipstick has bugs in it

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VMndG TIL Nikola Tesla used Sanskrit words in his descriptions of natural phenomena. After meeting Swami Vivekananda, Tesla began using the words 'Akasha', 'Prana', and the concept of a luminiferous ether to describe the source, existence and construction of matter.
gMkX4 TIL that modern manufacturing has made it nearly impossible to spot a fake Rolex.
5YnlP TIL that when serial-killer Carl Panzram was asked if he had any last words before he would hang he replied "Yes, hurry it up, you Hoosier bastard! I could kill a dozen men while you're screwing around!"
VnJk TIL that the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris, famous for the construction and unveiling of the Eiffel Tower, had a “Negro Zoo” with 400 black people in cages as one of the attractions.
OoQO1 TIL Medieval chastity belts are a myth. A great majority of examples now existing were made in the 18th and 19th centuries as jokes.