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TIL that a French baker’s ignored compensation claim against the Mexican government sparked a chain of events that led to the first French invasion of Mexico.

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VOkG TIL Japan outlawed production of child pornography in 1999 and just outlawed possession of child pornography in June 2014
EOx TIL: Aberdeen Washington. Birthplace of Kurt Cobain. Has an unoffical motto of “Come as you are.” In homage to the Nirvana song.
XExg6 TIL the grandmother of Drew Barrymore, Dolores Costello, spoke with a lisp which affected her transition from silent to talking movies. Her granddaughter, Drew Barrymore, also has a lisp.
oRem8 TIL that a 10hour movie called "Paint Drying" was released in 2016 for the sole purpose of annoying the British Board of Film Classification.
BgB0K TIL a recent dissertation, published by a speech-language pathologist through UNC Chapel Hill Grad School, argued Dolly Partons free book program actively reinforces white privilege, heteronormativity, & the erasure of dis/abilities, non-normative gender identities & non-normative family structures.