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TIL that France developed its own Internet called Minitel.

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LQ1Bv TIL about the Forty Elephants, a gang of women shoplifters (with custom clothing) who operated in London and beyond from the 19th century to the 1950s. They also engaged in looting, blackmail, fencing, and were successful in turf wars through kidnapping.
JZb1 TIL that England still has a High Court of Chivalry. It last sat in 1954 after a 200 year break and its first ruling was to decide whether it still existed.
l7nJ5 TIL That in 1856, the revolutionary French magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin was sent on a mission by Napoleon III to pacify the tribes of French Algeria by showing them that 'French Magic' was stronger than that of their local religious leaders
LQ0yV TIL the navigator Henry Hudson was cast adrift by mutineers, along with his son and six others in 1611, in Hudson Bay. They were never seen again.
npLW TIL Nail gun injuries are responsible for an estimated 37,000 emergency room visits each year, of which 60% are occupationally-related.