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TIL Trois Pistoles, Quebec, a town of 3000 has been a popular place for anglophones to learn French since 1932. In recent years the number of hosts have declined, as they were only paid $12-15 per day for room and $10 -$15 to feed a student each day

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ANOJd TIL at the end of Pink Floyd’s song "Eclipse", an orchestral cover of the Beatles song "Ticket to Ride" by the Hollyridge Strings can be faintly heard. That was unintended, as the music was playing in the background at Abbey Road when doorman Gerry O'Driscoll was recording his lines for the song.
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