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ney6d TIL that Napoleon's first language was not French. He grew up speaking Corsican and Italian and did not learn French until age 10. Throughout his life he spoke French with a heavy Corsican/Italian accent and never mastered French spelling.
P1nZG TIL that scientists and aerodynamicists don't really know why an aeroplane flies
j6Ggn TIL Steve-O was born in London and moved to Brazil, Venezuela, the US, Canada, and back to London by the time he was 13. His first words were in Portuguese and he spoke fluent Spanish.
kJ9y4 TIL from 1810 to 1840 tobacco merchant & philanthropist Joseph Williamson funded excavations of an extensive network of tunnels & chasms, the purpose of which is still not fully clear. The tunnels were later used as waste pits until they were "rediscovered" in 1995.
Y7y7r TIL: The Bronx County Bird Club (BCBC) was a small informal club of birders based in the Bronx, New York. Many club members became well-known ornithologists and authors.