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TIL Panama hats were never made in Panama and instead originated from Ecuador

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50Nk TIL On a trip to China, Prince Philip joked to students that “If you stay here much longer, you’ll go slit-eyed.” After initial concerns of offense, Chinese officials responded that they also warned their students of going “round-eyed” when studying abroad.“
jNxrE TIL that the first female state senator elected in the United States was a Mormon polygamous wife who ran against and defeated her own husband.
LQlgV TIL that in 2009, a 2 year old child was sentenced to life in prison in North Korea, for the crime of having parents who smuggled a bible in to the country.
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