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mZpE TIL that France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else
E1LGX TIL The Beatles song "Savoy Truffle" was about Eric Clapton, who at the time was having a candy addiction. George Harrison wrote the song as a warning to him.
oB0wK TIL that the Allies liberated Paris from the Nazis on 8/25/44.
kJAJ4 TIL William Henry Harrison, the US president with the shortest tenure (31 days) also had the longest inauguration speech (2 hours). This means 0.2% of his presidency was devoted to his inauguration speech, an unparalled ratio
VBQdG TIL there was an outrage in South America for choosing the France to host the 1938 world cup (second consecutive tournament held in Europe), as they demanded that hosting should be rotated. This led to a boycott from most American teams, with only Cuba and Brazil qualifying by default.