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TIL 73% of French people think any time is a good time to enjoy a pastry

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16M6W TIL the Wenja language from Far Cry Primal is designed to be a hypothetical ancestor of Proto-Indo-European, the reconstructed common ancestor of many modern languages
LaVr TIL that catapults were used in WWI to throw grenades into enemy trenches.
7r0Pp TIL when MAD published a parody of Star Wars, George Lucas' lawyers demanded the issue be recalled and that Lucasfilm receive all revenue from the issue. Unbeknownst to Lucas' lawyers, MAD had just received a letter from Lucas, expressing delight over it and comparing the artist to Leonardo Da Vinci
X5Br TIL A school in Tennessee enforced a policy to combat sagging pants. Low-riding students would get “Urkeled” by teachers, where teachers pull up their pants for them, sometimes securing the pants with zip ties.
b6B9 TIL that Freddie Mercury stopped doing a skit at Queen concerts [where he would appear on the shoulders of Darth Vader] because George Lucas threatened legal action against the band.