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TIL the Turkish general who enacted the 1997 coup, which freed Turkey from its last Islamist government, was arrested for that “crime” in 2012 by Erdogans government.

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pVDG TIL Earthworm Jim was created as a result of the success of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The game was created as a satire of platform video games at the time; for instance, “Princess-What’s-Her-Name” was a parody of how so many video games had throw-away female characters to be saved.
kOmr1 TIL there were over 1 million native French speakers in Louisiana in 1968; today Louisiana French is considered an endangered language.
L7BZ TIL Mona Lisa is far from unique. There were several contemporary versions made by Da Vinci’s presumed male lover Salai, including a nude version.
wLnYP TIL that for 25 years, two brothers re-gifted each other the same pair of pants, in increasingly inventive and difficult packaging, including a 600lb safe, a double-glazed window, a 16-foot rocket ship, and a crushed car, with a card that read "Merry Christmas, the pants are in the glove box".
4XZjo TIL the US Metric Association publishes a bi-monthly newsletter giving updates on converting the US to the metric system. It's been published since 1966.