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TIL of a little-known French law that if you were born in one of the USA states that was created from the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 or any other former French territory, the five-year waiting period for french citizenship may be waived.

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KwM9 TIL the children’s book “Love You Forever” was about the author’s two dead babies.
b98r7 TIL The French Marshall Michel Ney was a respected Marshall who served Napoleon. After Napoleon's second exile, he was charged with treason and sentenced to death by firing squad. Due to his status, he was allowed to face the soldiers unblindfolded and was permitted to give the final order to fire.
GG71 TIL fungi have been observed to do almost everything in managing an environment, from digesting minerals out of rock formations to consuming fossil fuel spills to de-radiating an environment(like around Chernobyl) (btw 30:57- 47:45)
JYaD4 TIL in 1997 an experiment to build a castle, using only medieval tools began, and twenty one years later they're more than half way finished.
6EZ5X TIL: India is the home of 16 of the top 40 languages (# of native speakers). The number of languages listed for India is 418. Of those, 407 are living languages and 11 are extinct. Many of them have their own individual writing systems.