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TIL fries are not french, but belgian

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epRp6 TIL in 2016, a Saudi princess was enraged after a plumber took photos of her bathroom. She made her bodyguard beat him up and then forced him to kiss her feet. She left France—this happened in her luxury apartment in Paris—and was tried in absentia. She received a 10-month suspended sentence.
VygD TIL That while examining brain scans, neuroscientist Dr. James Fallon discovered he is a psychopath. While unknowingly viewing his own brain scan, he said, “It’s probably a psychopath… someone who could be a danger to society.
loeOK TIL the NHL is Canada's National Hockey League. The first US team didn't join until several years after it was established.
1abdD TIL a statue of shirtless Abe Lincoln has been in the LA Federal Courthouse since 1939. He's 8 feet tall, muscular, shoeless, and is holding a book while tugging down his waistband.
Bm0r TIL that J. R. R. Tolkien hand wrote and illustrated letters to his children from Father Christmas every year for 20 years.