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TIL in 1859, the French government passed a law defining the frequency of musical notes, in the first move to standardize musical pitches.

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LQXg0 TIL about the July 27th Finnish Holiday National Sleepyhead Day. Which dictates that the last person sleeping in the house must be woken up with water or by being thrown in a body of water.
mxv7y TIL that during 1929-1932 Herbert Hoover deported over 1 million Mexican Americans because he believed them to be a cause of the Great Depression. An estimated 60% of those deported were actually U.S citizens.
E1XMp TIL both the 1988 revival of The Munsters and the 1998 revival of The Addams Family produced more episodes than the original shows
b9OZ7 TIL that the "General Sherman" tree in the Giant Forest is approximately 2200 years old. It would have been a little sapling 200 years before Jesus walked the earth
9wM TIL that in Denmark you get paid to go to school