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TIL in 2012 Saudi Arabian Princess, Maha bint Mohammed bin Ahmad al-Sudairi reportedly tried to stiff some of Paris’s most exclusive boutiques for $20 million and skip out on a $7 million dollar hotel bill. Citing “diplomatic immunity”

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NXG7b TIL, The Netherlands gives Canada 20,000 tulips every year as a thank you for protecting the Dutch royal family in ww2
5YM5p TIL about Karayuki-san, name given to poor young Japanese girls and women who were tricked and trafficked to destinations in East Asia, Russia and British India. The word literally meant 'Ms. Gone Abroad' and in Russian Far East these girls were used on cover missions for intelligence gathering
VBmWG TIL the scientific name for the Black Walnut tree is “Juglans Nigra…”
KOYNJ TIL cousin Fuller in "Home Alone" is played by Macaulay Culkin's real life brother Kieran Culkin.
9YbgG TIL On May 5, 1809, Mary Kies' patent for a new technique of weaving straw with silk and thread to make hats was signed by President James Madison. She was the first woman to receive a U.S. Patent