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TIL Vikram Seth missed the Penguin deadline for submitting his anticipated sequel novel "A Suitable Girl" in 2017 due to suffering from writer's block as a result of the failure of a relationship. As of 2020 the novel was still unfinished

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E1lQP TIL the French voted a monarchist majority into the National Assembly in the 1870's, which promised to restore the Bourbons. The heir, Henry V, agreed to accept as long as they replaced the tricolor flag with the old royal flag. Ensuing disagreement stalled things enough that they were voted out.
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