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TIL that Louisiana has its own version of French called “Creole French” which only 70'000 people can speak. It varies so much from standard French that native French speakers cannot understand it.

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oky7 TIL Stephen Hawking’s father was a medical researcher and encouraged his son to get into medicine. But Stephen turned down biology as it didn’t seem to explain things at a fundamental level. He got into mathematics which seemed highly impractical to his father.
VBVX8 TIL that the then-president of Kappa Sushi, who used to be an executive at Hama Sushi from 2014 to 2017, was arrested in 2022 for obtaining data from Hama Sushi. The data includes monthly sales figures & prices at which Hama Sushi bought its seafood. He received the data from his former colleague.
69omJ TIL following Usain Bolt's achievement of a new 100 m world record at the 2009 Berlin World Championships, the mayor of Berlin presented him with a 12-foot-long, 6,000-pound piece of the Berlin Wall. Bolt accepted the gift and it is now on display at the Jamaica Military Museum.
XEyd8 TIL Jackie Chan is actually a trained opera singer and has recorded over 20 albums with over 100 songs in over 5 different languages. In the 80’s, he would sing the theme songs to his films over the closing credits. In 1984, he won the Best Foreign Singer Award in Japan
woPp7 TIL the NCAA didn't recognize women's college sports until 1982 and still doesn't recognize records set or championships won under the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, which organized US women's college athletics from 1971-1982