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TIL of Ong's Hat; One of the earliest Internet-based secret history conspiracy theories

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neQMG TIL about Aerographene, The material lighter than air and stronger than steel which can absorb 850 times it's own weight & costs $300 a gram.
5V0pB TIL about the german custom Klaasohm.
VB1v0 TIL Hindu Balinese place little baskets of flowers, food, incense and money everywhere as offerings to the gods (Canang Sari) which also serve to feed stray animals
x61kB TIL Helsinki, Finland was used to film many Cold War era Hollywood movies when filming in the USSR was not possible. Examples include The Kremlin Letter (1970), Reds (1981), and Gorky Park (1983).
KYwZG TIL coconuts were "relatively common" in medieval England. In one instance from 1259, the Master of Sherborn Hospital willed a coconut cup to his niece.