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TIL happy hours are illegal in Indiana

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9YRxD TIL that in 1954, the French was soundly defeated by the Vietnamese at Dien Bien Phu. That was the first time a non-European colony defeated a modern Western occupier in a pitched battle. The victory then fuelled the independence movements in other colonies, like Algeria
VBwR8 TIL Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, who started the persecution of Catholics, died in 1616 and for many centuries it was believed to be from over-eating tempura, a dish invented by Catholics during Lent while they were visiting Japan in 1543, which was the same year the Shogun had been born. (Maybe Cancer)
7r4Rb TIL that Quentin Tarantino's films have their own Universes. One is called 'The Realer Than Real World Universe' that all the characters are in and inside that universe there's another called the 'The Movie Movie Universe' which are shows those characters would watch
erAn TIL France wants to ensure all new rooftops must be topped with either solar panels or plants
kBQW TIL L. Ron Hubbard claimed to be a nuclear physicist, even though his only exposure to the field was one college course, which he flunked