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TIL the "AIR CHINA" written on Air China flight liveries is a calligraphy by China's former leader Deng Xiaoping.

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eVBn TIL in “127 hours”, the camcorder used by James Franco in the film was the actual one Aron Ralston used when he was trapped in Blue John Canyon.
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Bg79y TIL The Blood-stained Pink Chanel suit of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy wore in JFK’s assassination remains uncleaned and is currently stored inside a climate-controlled vault in the National Archives and will remain "out of public view" until at least 2103.
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