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TIL that Chinese men cut off their queue (plait) as a symbol of revolution in the 19th century.

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loAX1 TIL that Filipino churches built during Spain's colonial period used millions of egg whites in the concrete to make it more durable. This is also why Filipino desserts often use lots of egg yolks- many were developed to use up all the extra yolks from construction projects.
ANlOo TIL Liam Neeson was once a school teacher, but got fired because a student pulled a knife on him, and Neeson punched him
L1D9 TIL while planning the invasion of Japan, the US ordered so many purple hearts that we still haven’t issued them all.
N79A1 TIL emergency contraceptives work by preventing ovulation so if your ovaries already released an egg they do nothing
VB1eB TIL that 27 people have died at Disneyland California and a total of 90 at Disney parks throughout the U.S.