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TIL Napoleon III was titled "Prince-President" from 1848 to 1852, when he became Emperor

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5YWWk TIL the ‘infinity symbol’ is called a Lemniscate.
b6yWZ TIL: That during the mad cow crisis in the 90s, reactions to the West were overwhelmingly negative in India, where cows hold a special place in the hearts of Hindus. Hindu associations declared that the West had been punished with the appearance of sick humans for its zoophagy, or meat-eating.
wLmDY TIL that in Newfoundland there is a town called Dildo. Population around 1200. Points of interest include Dildo Cove, Dildo Island & Spread Eagle Bay.
oB9jR TIL Alcatraz was one of the only federal prisons at the time that allowed hot showers to deter prisoners from acclimating to cold water and escaping through the San Francisco Bay.
Y9OB TIL a strategy that terrorists use to avoid having their emails tracked is for one terrorist to compose an email, save it as a draft, and have another terrorist log into the same account to read and delete the draft.