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TIL that more French people live in London than in all but 5 French cities, making London “France’s 6th biggest city”

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e07A5 TIL in 1724 Margaret Dickson was hanged but later found still alive. She then was allowed to go free because under Scots Law her punishment had been carried out. Only later were the words "until dead" added to the sentence of hanging
X09NE TIL Homo Sapiens hunted to extinction 46/57 megaherbivore species (body mass ≥1,000 kg) over the past 50 000 years
mxbQy TIL that before the California grizzly bear was hunted to extinction in 1922, the largest of its kind found was in Valley Center, CA (near San Diego) and weighed 2,200 pounds.
x6J6w TIL that soldiers in WWI wore medieval body armor (which hadn't been used for 400 years) to protect themselves during close-quarters trench warfare.
wGG8 TIL that in World War II, American soldier John R. Fox died when he deliberately called an artillery strike on himself. Realizing that German troops were overrunning his party’s position, the strike delayed the enemy long enough for other American units to organize a counter attack.