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TIL of a trend in Japan called B-Style (Black Lifestyle), where Japanese people tan their skin dark, wear special contact lenses, and change their hair and fashion to emulate African Americans

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epmpE TIL the jigsaw puzzle was commercialized around 1760 by John Spilsbury. His design took world maps, and cut out the individual nations in order for them to be reassembled by students as a geographical teaching aid.
avXN TIL that during US-backed Pinochet’s violent takeover of Chile, a popular singer was beaten, tortured and had his hands broken. While he lay on the ground, his captors mockingly suggested he play guitar. With that he sang “We Will Win” before he was shot 44 times.
p0b TIL Clark Gable nearly boycotted the Atlanta premiere of Gone with the Wind because his African-American co-star Hattie McDaniel was not allowed to attend
Z88kQ TIL nachos were only "invented" in 1943
85QL TIL From 1994 to 2011, a person possessing just five5 grams of crack was considered a felon, while a person found with powdered cocaine would have to have 100 grams in their possession for a similar conviction.