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TIL bananas are facing extinction due to a fungal disease

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y1B8 TIL when Napoleon’s Marshall; Michel Ney was being sentenced to execution after Waterloo, Ney’s lawyer in his defense argued that Ney was now a Prussian and could not be tried by French laws, Ney interrupted him saying, “I am French and I will remain French”. Ney was later executed
ogOW TIL Steven Tyler estimates that he spent at least $5-$6 Million on cocaine in his liftime
e6jL TIL that in Holland,the government introduced a video, which was compulsory viewing for all would be immigrants, showing gay men kissing and topless bathers, with the specific aim of testing muslim attitudes.
418N TIL : THAT THE FBI Had 12-Page File On George Carlin Because He Made Jokes About Government
EZ4d TIL That the B-52 bomber (started serving in 1952) won’t be retired until the 2040s. By then, it’ll have been in continuous service for almost a century.