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TIL that the French prime minister insisted that his cabinet watch the film La Haine (Hate)

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D1ljv TIL Pfizer seized the homes of a poor neighborhood in New London, Connecticut in 2000 to build a new research facility. Long after the homes were bulldozed, Pfizer abandoned its plans, leaving behind a wasteland.
jNxOE TIL underwater basket weaving has been used as a pejorative term for excessively easy/useless/niche courses for at least the past 65 years
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