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TIL that in 1977 and 1979, several petitions were signed by a number of prominent French intellectuals, doctors, and psychologists calling for reforms to or the abolition of the French age-of-consent law.

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gM5Pb TIL about the 1898 Siege of Baler. During the Philippine revolution a 50 soldiers detachment of the Spanish 2nd Expeditionary Battalion Cazadores managed to survive 337 days in a fortified church, while killing 700 Filipino Revolutionaries and suffering only 17 casualties mostly due to disease.
6EDkl Today i learned that Antarctica has its own banknotes, however they are not legal tender anywhere
R5bR6 TIl Wozniak has credited watching Star Trek and attending Star Trek conventions while in his youth as a source of inspiration for his starting Apple Inc.
N7N8N TIL an elephant's trunk can hold 12 liters of water (3 gallons) and weighs as much as 140 kg (300 lbs).
xVnEw TIL that 88 percent of American drivers rate themselves as above average.