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TIL all froot loops have the same flavor.

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JYLy4 TIL Early in his naval career, Horatio Nelson nearly died while fighting a polar bear. Wanting the bear’s pelt as a gift for his father, Nelson’s gun misfired and he attacked the bear with the butt of his rifle. He was only saved when his ship fired a cannon that scared the bear and it ran off.
Z8m0o TIL about the Pirate Jean Lafitte, who after seen the first American governor of Louisiana William C. Claiborne advertising a $500 dollars reward for his capture, Lafitte offered $5,000 for the head of the governor.
NXN8 TIL If you were born in any area that was once part of the Louisiana Purchase there is no qualifying period to become a French citizen.
NX8j1 TIL U.S. cash often contains traces of cocaine and other drugs, leading to innocent people having their money seized after drug-sniffing dogs detect traces. In 1994, a court ruled that widespread drug contamination of money in Los Angeles meant dog alerts alone didn’t justify forfeiture.
DQVNY TIL In the Netherland a town exists that fully encloses 22 small exclaves of a Belgian town.