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TIL that the Danes saved almost all Danish Jews during WW2

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8a808 TIL in 1950 over 1 million French citizens were native speakers of a Celtic language called Breton, today there are less than 250,000. The language is isolated to the Brittany peninsula in Northwest France.
mxRBM TIL that transoceanic internet cabling (AKA the "internet backbone") is a fiber optic line that is about as thick as some sturdy home ethernet cabling
rwEo TIL An American has been held in a Dubai prison for 8 months without trial for uploading a spoof video on youtube.
kvjg TIL that there is an island in the Maroni River on the French Guiana/Suriname border which was formed when a British ship “Edith Cavell” ran aground. The shipwreck is covered in foliage.
yQM1J TIL that after his success in Terminator 2, Edward Furlong, 15 and his former stand-in and tutor, 28 year old Jacqueline Domac, began a relationship that lasted for a few years. His guardian, Sean Furlong filed a complaint against Domac, but was unsuccessful