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TIL there was a 50,000 word novel written in 1939 that doesn’t use a single letter “E”

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165PP TIL if a member of the French Foreign Legion is wounded in battle, they can immediately apply for French citizenship under a provision known as, "Français par le sang versé" ("French by spilled blood").
lonQV TIL sugar rushes were determined to be a myth in 1985 (and again in 1995)
wONY TIL that in Spring of 2012, 151 artists each illustrated 1 of the original 151 Pokemon and put it in a Gallery. The result: the Pokemon Battle Royale.
jNeEN TIL that the Unabomber was a victim of MK-Ultra.
jN9ME TIL about Formula E, an electric car variant of Formula 1. The series includes an 'attack mode' boost to give the cars more power, aswell as 'fan boost' a social media vote which finishes after the first 15 minutes of a race to give the winners an extra power boost