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TIL that prisoners in Paris were offered freedom if they married prostitutes and moved to Louisiana

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vPll7 TIL about sanewashing, where people try to minimise the perceived radical aspects of a person or idea to make them appear more acceptable to a wider audience.
LkWB0 TIL in France the butter content of a croissant is indicated by its shape. As a matter of law, only croissants made with butter can be shaped straight. Croissants made with margarine or other fats have their ends curled in.
gMOXb TIL that in Kenya, elephant poop is being used to make paper. Elephants poop up to 50kg a day which can produce 125 sheets of paper. This helps save the indigenous tree population and forest from being destroyed, along with creating a need for the 7000 elephants left in Kenya.
neRm7 TIL there is an eSports World Cup tournament for Microsoft Excel