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TIL Adele has the best selling album of the 21st century

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x68vg TIL in late 1870 there was a naval battle near Havanna between a French and a German ship. It was the only naval fight of the Franco-Prussian War.
kgXd TIL Bruce Dern is one of the few actors to have killed John Wayne on screen (The Cowboys.) He received some death threats from loyal fans, soon after.
yJ8 TIL average German eats 114 chocolate bars a year, whereas an average American eats 51
nPo7 TIL that jaywalking is not illegal in the UK, and that while pedestrian crossings are plentiful, they are not compulsory to use. Ultimately, it is seen as the personal responsibility of the individual to make a sound enough judgement to cross safely.
vWvB TIL that there is a company called Potato Semiconductors that produces “Potato Chips”