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TIL of the Manicouagan Reservoir, a 60 mile diameter lake in Northern Quebec created by a meteorite impact. The island in the center has a larger surface area than the lake itself, and it has been hypothesized that it was one of at least five impacts in a single event 200 million years ago

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D1W9r TIL The creator of Clarissa Explains It All had a strict rule about not allowing the color purple on set, requiring parts of the set to be repainted. When asked about this rule, he revealed that it was completely arbitrary, only existing to make him seem more assertive as someone new in the business
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Y7JPZ TIL: In 1956, France banned the serving of alcohol to children under the age of 14 in the school canteens. Prior to that, school children had the right to drink half a litre of wine, cider or beer with their meals. In 1981 France implemented a total alcohol ban in the country’s schools.
jJxX TIL a Chechen nationalist group took an entire school hostage in the town of Beslan, which resulted in the death of over 300 people, including children. This group has been increasingly associated with major jihadist/terrorist groups in the Middle East and remains prevalent in the world to this day.