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TIL Kwanzaa was first celebrated in 1966 and is an African-American thing, not an African holiday

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X0R5X TIL Paris holds an annual Baguette Grand Prix. The winner gets €4,000 and a 1-year contract to supply bread to residence of the President of France. The rules are strict as having the wrong amount of salt, or not having enough weight will get you disqualified for example.
vPQYj TIL that "bile" bears are kept continuously in "crush cages" for years so bile can be surgically harvested. Some are caught as cubs and remain caged, without being able to stand, sit up or turn around, for 30 years. A significant proportion die due to stress, unskilled surgery or infection.
P1M7O TIL: According to British historian Niall Ferguson, out of all recorded conflicts which occurred since the year 387 BC, France has fought in 168 of them, won 109, lost 49 and drawn 10; this makes France the most successful military power in European history in terms of number of fought and won.
G9rg TIL Chunk from the Goonies is now a Lawyer.
Xw58 TIL out of the 92 Navy SEALS that died since 2002, 21 were killed during training (many by parachute accidents)