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TIL Hope Cook was an CIA agent who married a Maharaja in India to purportedly promoting American interests and opposing Sikkim's merger with India

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W7rg4 TIL that in indonesia there is a huge scene about modding vespa scooters Mad Max style and it really looks badass
4Xj7b TIL of Gonzalo Guerrero, a Spanish soldier shipwrecked in Mexico and taken captive by local Maya. By the time Cortés arrived, he had become a Maya war captain, was married to his Lord's daughter, and fathered the first Mestizo children. He led local Maya resistance until his death in 1532.
ADrVa TIL that Newman's Own gives 100% of their profits to charity, so you can feed yourself and give to a good cause at the same time - just a small way to make a difference
E1YGd TIL the chemical Thioacetone is the world's smelliest substance. It's so bad that, after a lab technician dropped a vial of it, it induced instant vomiting from people in buildings almost 1/2 mile away.
wpG7 TIL: Stephen King was terrified as a child when he saw the movie Bambi, calling it the first horror movie he saw.