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TIL in France, private DNA paternity testing is illegal, punishable by up to a year in prison and a €15,000 fine.

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eRBn TIL that in Antarctica there is a town called Villa Las Estrellas with a primary school consisting of approximately 15 students and contains 3 computers providing the town’s access to the internet.
BgMNb TIL the Moon "wobbles" during its orbit, showing us a little more than half of the moon's surface from Earth. Since its orbit is not perfectly circular, the Moon changes its speed in orbit, and so the ratio between the rate of its Earth orbit compared to its rotation on its own axis varies.
KOLrB TIL that the flower in Mr. Wilson’s yard from Dennis the Menace (1993), that only blooms once every 10-20 years is real and smells like dead rotting animals.
yAve TIL - “Growing the Beard” is the opposite of “Jumping the Shark”, it is the definitive moment when a TV series begins to become noticeably better in quality. The term stems from when Jonathan Frakes (Commander Riker) grew his beard between seasons one and two of Star Trek: TNG.
XdpQ TIL we use “lbs” as shorthand for pounds in English because of the Latin phrase “libra poundo”, which is also where we derived “pounds” from