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TIL that the French-controlled Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean was named so to pay homage to the meeting of the fédérés of Marseilles and the Paris National Guards. The word réunion in French means meeting rather than reunion.

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owGK TIL Batman beat the Hulk in a special cross-over by throwing a can of knock-out-gas at the Hulk’s head, then hitting him in the solar plexus which caused him to breathe in the gas.
9Y4YG TIL Seth Rogan has repeatedly tried to make a movie about the 90's battle between Sega and Nintendo, but keeps getting turned down.
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