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5YkDB TIL Dolly Parton sleeps in make-up (and washes it off in the morning) just in case she has to go out in the middle of the night if a natural disaster strikes
gOnD TIL there is an entire city in Nevada into which the general public isn’t allowed to go.
p8gRb Today I learned that Asian hair is different. Each hair is thicker and stiffer, but there are fewer hairs per square inch when compared with white or Latino men.
9YwXQ TIL The invention of cultured pearls largely destroyed the economy of Kuwait due to the reliance on pearl diving.
nWmOr TIL that the first airplane ticket ever sold was bought by a reporter named Albert Beach in 1908 for a flight from St. Petersburg to Tampa, Florida. The ticket cost $400, which is equivalent to around $11,000 in today's currency.