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TIL that Louisiana is an observer state of the Francophonie

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8ZZ4 TIL Andreas Grassl, a german man found in England in 2005, remained unidentified for four months due to his refusal to speak, communicating instead through drawing and playing the piano. This mysterious story spawned media attention and speculation all across the world, dubbing him as the Piano Man
1aQVd TIL that in 1985 the US’s Delta force and Seal Team Six were surrounded (guns drawn) by the Italian Carabinieri after the US forced an airliner to land at an Italian NATO base. This stemmed from the hijacking of an Italian cruise ship and the killing of an American by members of the PLO days earlier
wLLGE TIL Furbies are not allowed into classified areas.
MPNK TIL: HYDROX is the original and OREO is the knockoff. Sunshine made Hydrox in 1908 and Oreo copied it in 1912, yet Hydrox is perceived as the knockoff. Hydrox cookies have a tangy, less-sweet filling and a crunchier cookie that gets less soggy in milk. Hydrox will relaunch nationally in 2015.
e0a4 TIL New Ant Species Discovered in the Amazon Likely Represents Oldest Living Lineage of Ants